Pros: - As mentioned in title, no problems setting up the mobo and getting things running. If you've built a computer before then you'll probably have a smooth experience building this. - Ready for m.2, u.2, optane - Haven't tried overclocking so I don't have much more to say than what the specs can tell you

Cons: - after 2 weeks, can't think of any.

Overall Review: I used an SSD that already had Windows 10 on it (from my last computer). This was my first time not reformatting/reinstalling the OS from scratch. Couldn't boot from the SSD initially, I had to use the Windows 10 installer CD to get things started but that's probably not out of the ordinary. Setting the bios back to boot from the SSD worked after that. Updating the chipset drivers was a breeze.

Pros: USB is nice No drivers needed Who doesn't love a no hassle optical mouse?

Cons: The right and left click are stiffer than I would want. I wouldn't buy this if you're gaming with it unless you need something that's a little harder to click to cancel out your amazingly fast reaction time ... nah it's not that bad but I would only go with this mouse for normal computer use.

Overall Review: the cord isn't very long so if you're PC is off your desk then you might need a USB extension or something with a longer chord..

Pros: I love the 4 fans that it comes with. I also like the 2 extra places that you can put fans on this. There's a lot of good stuff for cable management (zip ties plastic bands that lock) I would give this 5 eggs but...

Cons: The head/microphone inputs at the top/front panel are really bad. Really bad. It's hard to fit my headset's mic/audio jacks in them and the sound is all weird when i use them too. I'm pretty sure the connections are all find. The sound from the rear mic/audio inputs is fine. It's like they gave me unfinished mic/audio inputs

Overall Review: with 6 fans this thing is super loud. but when i turn it on it gets cold in my room.

Pros: It's so fast. Everything loads so quickly! I didn't have to update the firmware. It's weird the firmware on the website at the time wasn't even as up-to-date as the firmware within the actual SSDs.

Cons: I didn't know where to put these in my PC so i bought a Startek 3.5" to dual 2.5" bay adapters.

Overall Review: Supports trim. At least according to the website it does.

Pros: Works fine.

Cons: Not a con for me because my computer works fine, but I tried manually adjusting the RAM timings at first to match the advertised 9-9-9-24 but on auto it's working at 7-7-7-20... but i don't think i'ts working at 1600 since my i7920 isn't being overclocked. I've heard RAM spd has to be half CPU spd so that's probably part of it.

Overall Review: Using a Core i7 920 and i'm sure if i OCed i could get the RAM up to it's potential but my computer is plenty fast.

Pros: I like this board a lot. Can't tell you much more than what everyone else has said. It is very pretty. After RMAing a dud it works very well now. The Manual is pretty clear about everything. When using the stock intel CPU fan, the mobo may flex a bit ...but to me that just means it's in tight.

Cons: RMAed the first one because i had issues getting any output from my VGA and one of the pins under the CPU was bent, but newegg handled that for me.

Overall Review: the external reset CMOS button on the back is pretty cool ... i'm a little scared i might accidentally press it when i'm fidgeting around back there but i think you have to hold it for a prolonged period of time anyway so not too worried