Pros: Paired this motherboard with an AMD Phenom II x3 (HDZ720WFGIBOX) and G.Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 SDRAM (F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ) and it worked flawlessly on first start up.

Cons: none

Pros: Using this system in a small room with 40" LCD. Sounds great, plenty of volume and easy set-up.

Cons: Get's very hot.

Pros: Went together very easy. Being my first build I was a little nervous, but had no problems at all. Have not had one single stability or compatability issue with this board or setup. Bought everything from newegg. Great transaction.

Cons: I was a little concerned about the 8 pin CPU plug on the motherboard but the 4 pin plug on my powersupply worked just fine.

Overall Review: My first build: Coolermaster Wavemaster all Silver Aluminum TACT01E1C case. OCZ Modstream OCZ45012U 450W Power supply. MSI K8N Diamond Plus SLIx16 motherboard N82E16813130037. AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+ Manchester Processor ADA3800BVBOX. Zalman CNPS7000B CPU Cooler. Crucial 1GB (2x512MB)184 pin DDR SDRAM DDR400(PC3200) Dual Channel Memory Kit CT2KIT6464Z40B-OEM. 2- WD Caviar SE16 250GB Hard Drives WD2500KS. ALPS Silver 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive N82E16821103303. NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner ND-3550A-OEM. eVGA 256-P2-N516 Gforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card. Windows XP Home with SP2 OEM.