Joined on 11/14/05
Works on certain OSes - not on others
Pros: When you get it installed it works. Controller has 2 inputs Controller gets recognized on Vista, Win7, Server 2008.
Cons: Does not work on XP and Server 2003. Drivers for the card do not exist on these OS. Tech Support says there are no such drivers available for download. It seems to require your SATA to be in AHCI mode (documentation says something like that). Without that you may see only 750GB. Default Intel drivers only see 750GB.
Overall Review: Tech Support has no idea which OSes drive should work on and tried to tell me that I need to patch my 2003-64 OS. Ask for Level 2 Tech Support they are better because they talk to the real tech who actually knows something.
Not fully debugged
Pros: Newest AI suite 3 overclocking app does a magnificent job. 1 button optimization. Latest fan optimization is pretty good now. Still needs minor work. Skylake i5-6600 overclocked to 4.5GHz. Love that it has place to plug in water cooler
Cons: Where do I start? 1) Stuff on CD is very buggy. Do not even attempt installing stuff on CD. Immediately download newest stuff from their website. 2) Fan optimization on Motherboard did not worked right, and I could not even reset lowest fan setting after it... Use AI Suite 3 in windows. 2) I changed setting so that motherboards from USB, however that caused BIOS not to show up at ALL and it was still booting from windows HD. I had to pull motherboard battery to get BIOS to even show "Press F2 or DEL" 3) Ethernet driver has a problem - sometimes. In Windows 10 from time to time you will see "System - NT Kernel" using 30% of CPU. At this point you can't even disable ethernet driver. Windows hangs doing that.
Overall Review: Once they debug drivers it will be a great motherboard.
Having problem overclocking
Pros: - Works with my 12600k. - clock changes as CPU in Windows 11 - has all Win 11 drivers. - MSI C280 water pump can be installed in 3 positions (there is enough space around CPU). Max temp on Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test 48C - Fits into nr200 small case
Cons: - Cannot change CPU ratio to more than max CPU officially supports. This means 4900 MHZ will be max for 12600k . Intel Extreme Tuning Utility says "Platform not supported for overclocking." Not sure what is going on. - Ram sticks are 1 mm away from each other
Overall Review: - I expected basic overcloking to work Other than that it works well for me
Compact, works great
Pros: Good upgrade from NVIDIA 1060. (Moved 1060 to another computer)
Cons: No DVI port
Overall Review: Recommended.
4.5 GHz at 64C with Prime95
Pros: Overclocked with ASUS Hero VIII to 4.5 GHz. Stable and working fine. Corsair H60 keeps it at 65C max when running prime 95 Max Heat test - this is without running all fans at max.
Cons: None
Work at 3066 but not recognized motherboard
Pros: Work great at 3066
Cons: Asus Hero VIII does not recognize them and thinks it is 2033 speed. Had to go to BIOS to force the speed myself. Not fault of the RAM