Pros: Good layout. Board went into my system easy, plenty of room for massive video card and CPU heatsink, nice top limits on RAM, lots of SATA and USB ports. Works great with my Intel Q9550. Heat piping for the chipset is nice since chipset fans are often the first to get noisy. BIOS update possible via USB flash drive.

Cons: From reading about this board, I knew I might need to update the BIOS before trying to install an OS. It was easy to do, though.

Overall Review: Out of the box mine was at BIOS level 7-something. I used the built-in BIOS update via flash drive to get it to 803, which I hear is the minimum for the latest quad core CPUs. Installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 with no problems. Good board for someone who wants to leave their options open (memory- and connectivity-wise), but doesn't want to spend an arm and a leg.

Pros: Layout is pretty good, no trouble fitting things on. Plenty of room for heatsink/fan etc.

Cons: I've never seen a motherboard before that didn't support more than one IDE connector out of the box. You have to install drivers before the other IDE connectors will work. That means, for a user like me who has 2 hard drives and 2 CD drives, that I have to install things with a temporary setup and then only when I'm done can I open it back up and put the other two drives in. It's sad. Clearly this motherboard is intended for people with Serial-ATA devices. If you have more than two IDEs then look elsewhere.

Overall Review: This is the last time I economize with a mainboard.

Pros: Windows XP SP2 built-in drivers take care of it (it comes with a driver disc, but on XP you don't need it). Simple install. I did go into device manager and tell it to scan for hardware changes but I'm not sure that was necessary.

Cons: No USB headers, just ports, so you can't hook up your case's USB ports to it directly.

Overall Review: Pretty much a hassle-free way to get some more USB 2.0 ports.

Pros: Quiet, feels like good solid build quality, cables have plenty of reach.

Cons: No fan speed sensor cable.

Overall Review: Bought it to replace an old Antec NeoPower that would turn itself off on a whim. No complaints. Dinging it one star for not having a fan sensor, but that is not a serious problem.