Has all the features: USB 3.0, Gigabit LAN, Crossfire,
Some additional features like memory test and core unlockers which I like
Weaknesses:
Been having an issue with waking from sleep (S3) and the machine reboots - not all the time but randomly. Not sure if it's the BIOS, MOBO, or some component.
Summary:
Good all-round board. Would be 5 stars if I can figure out the rebooting when waking from sleep.
Board supports Hex core processors
2 x16 slots for cross fire video
Firewire and USB 3.0
Weaknesses:
Summary:
I'm running a 1090T processor with 16GB (4x4Gb)of DDR3 1600 patriot ram without a problem as the board specs this ram and adjusts the timing of it to work with the 1090T processors spec of DDR3-1333 ram.
For all the new features out there, SATA 6, USB3, etc., this MB does it all. Price is very reasonable.
Weaknesses:
Only weakness is Crossfire. One slot @ x16 and one @ x4. This is not a problem for midrange cards (I have two 5750s in CrossFire), but I imagine this would be a bottleneck for high end cards. But it would still add at least 50% more fps for those cards.
Summary:
Great MB for most users. Lots of features. Extreme high end gamers will look elsewhere.
Cheap, Fast , Reliable, Overclocks well.
USB 3, SATA 3 (6.0 Gb/s), Crossfire (16X and 4X)
Weaknesses:
The IO plate was sort of cheap. Nothing I couldnt solve and I cant really complain too much for the price.
Summary:
For the price this is a great board. It has all the features I wanted and was fairly cheap. It booted right up first start with the 1600 MHz ram I purchased. Installed WIndows 7, and an Athlon II X4 620 on it, and currently have it overclocked to just over 3.6 GHz and its stable. Overall its a good board, and I am happy with my purchase.
If it worked as stated it would likely be an excellent MB.
Weaknesses:
This MB has not worked well from day one. I thought the issues may be related to the multitude of OC features so I kept tweaking and hoping. Constant crashes have constantly plagued it. The latest issue was a crash that left the registry corrupted and it no longer recognizes the DVD drive so that is no hope of correcting the problem.
I think the board must have been defective but I found that hard to believe as I have always found ASUS boards to be very reliable.
Summary:
If it works properly it would likely be a good board.