Joined on 09/23/04
Smooth setup, still a few nits

Pros: Lots of SATA connectors, good amount of USB 3.0, ECC support. Despite being a two year old product, they updated the BIOS for the Spectre/Meltdown stuff.
Cons: Windows 7 event viewer complains of memory corruption coming out of sleep. It seems like it is supposed to be harmless, but might be sloppy bios code. Initial board eventually had to be replaced due to issues returning from sleep. William was quite helpful and responsive for me too. Power LED output does not seem to work on my board.
Overall Review: Upgraders note that ITX confines mean no USB 2.0 header, only USB 3.0. Also, after about a year developed instability. Magically, about that time a new BIOS came out and returned it to the usual rock solidness.
Good but loud

Pros: Fits in place of custom Inwin case power supply that died.
Cons: Fan was really loud despite loading of only about 130watts. Replaced with quieter one and I am much happier.
working nice with i3-9100

Pros: Works with N82E16820242559 8GB ECC DRAM
Cons: Seems to lack Platform Trust Tech support, maybe a shameless attempt to sell the extra TPM2 module.
Overall Review: Upgraded a storage/backup server to this board, with i3-9100 and two sticks of 8GB 2667 ECC DRAM. It generally works great. I did have an issue with an older SSD intermittently running extremely slow. It was only 256GB, so I upgraded to a M.2 stick (for almost nothing) and left that problem in the dust. With Win 11 looming, I looked to turn on Intel PTT, but that does not seem to be an option with this board, even though Intel says it is supported for this chipset (C246).
Looks impressive when built

Pros: clear and 3D nature challenges you to devise a new way of solving a puzzle (can't sort by edge pieces or by colors).
Cons: Turns out to be a little easier than it looks due to the symmetry in the puzzle pieces (I could be clearer, but that would spoil the fun).
When will MS give me blu-ray?

Pros: Plays blu ray disks.
Cons: Gives me an error immediately upon startup: Create Overlay failed. Then it tells me to reduce resolution! Duh! I want to play blu ray at full resolution, not 720p. Knowledgebase at Corel was no help. I got it to work at 1080p once, by switching back from 720p at a good time.
Overall Review: It seems like I got what a paid for (free after rebate).
Didn't last

Pros: Worked fairly well for about 6 months.
Cons: After 6 months, it is locking up multiple times a day. Unacceptable.
Overall Review: My Actiontec DSL/Wifi/router lasted longer than any of the name brand wifi routers I have burned through...