Pros & Cons
Pros
Asus has several versions of this board depending on your needs. Board supports 6 sata devices (some of the higher priced versions support 8). Ghz up to 3.
Highlights
Quality
I didnt even have to flash the bios with the latest version
The memory bays are really close to the cpu i dont think i could use 4 slots with the noctura unless i moved the fan to be exhaust only
Competitiveness
Im using an i7 860 chip 8gb corsaire memory 4 sticks and a noctua nhu12p se cooler
The board supports 6 sata devices some of the higher priced versions support 8
Overview
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ive used asus boards for years and they always included back chassis adapters for serial port firewire and digital audio but none of those are included here just the mb connector for each
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There is also no support for a floppy drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The board supports 6 sata devices some of the higher priced versions support 8
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They both lie between the two pciex16 sockets
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My video card covers the first pciex1 socket rendering it useless
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Other than the debate on the future of socket 1156 vs socket 1366 i would expect to see onboard support for sata6 and usb3
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Boot time is only ok even without raid or old parallel seem to take almost 16 sec
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To get post screen and another 15 to get to the windows loading point