Pros: This thing is a beast, but it cools so well! I was using the Intel stock cooler on my 4771 and seeing the temps go over 88°C - no overclocking, not a video game, just running Lightroom to process images! Decided to pick this up after reading the reviews and it's a dream to install, and brought my peak CPU temperature down to 55°C. Whew! A six year warranty? Very nice!

Cons: It's huge and may or may not fit in your case. Check first!

Overall Review: All I can say is, I had the foresight to purchase an aftermarket-cooler-friendly case, so I had plenty of room behind the motherboard for the mounting bracket, and a perfect amount of space for the (really big!) cooling system above the CPU. It comes with decent thermal paste and all the mounting hardware for the wide array of sockets it supports.

Pros: Looks pretty, has USB 3.0 ports on the front.

Cons: If you're buying this as a card reader, be forewarned, this is not a USB 3.0 card reader! This is a pretty USB 2.0 card reader, with a pair of USB 3.0 ports tacked on. If you're a photographer that shoots a lot, you probably won't be happy with the USB 2.0 speeds. The manufacturer's photos show the big blue USB 3.0 motherboard header predominantly, and the USB 2.0 header is a blurry afterthought. Sadly, this product is a blurry afterthought if you want to use it for anything other than the askew USB 3.0 ports on the side.

Overall Review: I'm super sad that I bought this item, and that I'm not going to be able to use it in my case because it would be a complete waste of space and two motherboard headers. It's somewhat poorly constructed - even the manufacturer's photographs show the USB 3.0 ports are misaligned (mine are too - and others have mentioned this defect).

Pros: Attractive, good name-brand company, has a lot of features.

Cons: Caused my system to hard-hang and gave me power issues. Super bad! Maybe it was just the drive itself, but I read a few other one-star reviews with the same problem.

Overall Review: I've owned ASUS drives before and have never experienced this problem. I'm purchasing another brand to replace it, because I want my system to be stable. Can't risk another problem.

Comments: If it cost $199 instead of more than the price of a whole kick-xxx PC, video card companies are goint nuts with high prices, insanity.

Comments: The only thing wrong with this motherboard is that it only has two SATA RAID ports and only one IDE RAID ports so I guess you cant setup a SATA 0+1 array or an IDE 0+1 array which is kind of lame for this high end of a board. If you're going to use the ICH5R chip (which you should) then why make us buy a seperate RAID controller for 0+1, and why the he!l won't the ICH5 do RAID 3 or 5?