Pros: Everything about this board is excellent. Top grade. I love ASUS products when they work. I have been using this board now for a about two months, and it seems reliable. Everything about this build is incredibly fast. I was super curious if quad memory would actually make a difference in real time, with rendering video, and audio. Speed has increased 60% over AMD FX 8350.

Cons: What nothing in any of the documentation for the board tells you is that if you use the e-z auto tune, and you choose gaming pc vs desktop, it cuts lan speed to no more than 10 mbps through ethernet, connection, however doesn't effect wi-fi speeds. Because there is no documentation for this specific app within the mobo I thought I had a defective board, and rma'd it and went through the whole process of shipping and rebuilding because no one caught this. When I rebuilt the pc, the same thing occurred; using the ez tuning app in bios messes with the lan speed. I realized the error, and decided not to use app, but thought I should pass on to anyone trying to figure this out.

Overall Review: As I headlined my review, this board is more than I need. I decided I wanted a rendering pc, that could also game. Because of my choice of chip the board does fine with Intel Turbo. Since I cool using a Corsair H60 AIO don't have room to oc, but I don't have a big need to oc. The few games I have tried work well. Rendering speed has more than halved from previous PC with AMD FX 8350.

Pros: None

Cons: Forced to upgrade because Acronis True Image 2013/w plus pack is officially incompatible with Windows 8.1. Well True Image 2014 still crashes my system, when trying to backup.

Overall Review: These companies expect us to open our wallets, but are really callous to people who have problems. ASUS; Acronis and yes Microsoft don't care.

Pros: ML ICue Fans have been discontinued by Corsair, although there is still stock available. Corsair ML quality at a substantial discount. ML fans in full RGB glory, which worked with Corsair Command center from a ICue cooler purchase, even though it came with a small controller. These fans are quite effective at low RPM, and work well in my new Corsair Build. These fans are extremely quiet. Quieter than ML Pro fans.

Cons: Wires Wires Wires. The new Corsair products snap together, these use old fashioned wires one for PWM, on for RGB. The effect in the Corsair 4000D is incredible. System averages 38* C.

Overall Review: I am sure glad that these fans are now discounted. I feel like a got a bargain.

Pros: Blazing Fast NVME SSD. 3.15 GB Read/2.89 GB Write.

Cons: Similar To most NVME drives this drive runs very hot. 51* c, in my Intel I7NUC. Western Digital Dashboard DOES NOT WORK, on my Intel NUC. Installed several times/versions. Crashes@splash. Odd because WD Dashboard works with my Intel/ROG based computer.

Overall Review: It is a very fast and incredible drive that is a better buy than other more expensive nvme drives with similar performance. This is my second WD Black SN750 Nvme. I would buy it again.

Pros: All I expect from ram is that it works. Corsair products are always fine. Works well in my NUC.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I recommend for NUC's and laptops.

Pros: Incredibly easy install. Keeps chip in 30-40c idle/50-70 full load Averages 65 Full Load.

Cons: Would like 10 degrees less at idle, but it is 140 Watt TDP. Really unable to overclock besides Intel or ASUS turbo in automatic. Read several reviews of chip, which according to the reviews make this chip a challenge to cool. Many thought there was no real reasons besides bragging rights to overclock.

Overall Review: Given that I had one fan slot, I installed this cooler, and had mixed results; feelings. Ordered a H75 and that has two fans, and the radiator is a little larger than the H60, and was difficult to install. After installing, and running some very basic apps, I found the H75 with one slot 2 fans, a larger radiator, did no better than the H60 with one fan. The biggest difference is the noise level. Even at full throttle it is hard to hear the single fan configuration, with the H60, however the H75 was incredibly loud. My final opinion is that the H60 is sufficient cooling for a monster chip that really doesn't need overclocking. I am running memory as XMP, and the 8 cores rarely on most apps even approach half throttle.

They rivaled NewEgg.com 2 day shipping

Shipping took longer than through NewEgg.com