Pros: Onboard X-Fi sound frees up a PCI slot, all mATX boards should have this!

Cons: The guy who wrote “be careful what RAM you buy with this” duh, is there a motherboard that this is not true for! And yes you can put the video card in the lower PCI Express slot, they only switch to 8-channels when you install a second card (Intel chipset design not Asus), lol. There have been many tests of this, and there are no real performance disadvantages for the common user.

Overall Review: Note that the Creative software key is written on the paper sleeve that the driver CD comes in. No X-Fi sound until you activate the drivers with this key. OS: Windows-7 Case: Silverstone TJ08-B (mATX) PSU: Corsair CMPSU-520HX Processor: Intel Core i7-860 Memory: Corsair XMS3 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 (N82E16820145263) Video: ATI Radeon HD5850

Pros: This is one of those installations that really had to go right the first time. When you are putting a Hyper 212 on your CPU, 4 GB of heavy DDR3-2000, and a GTX 460, all of which have to be in to test. Well, the GENE came through! Booted up on the first try. Has lots of features for overclocking. Fun lit logos and LEDs inside. My i5-760 is running at 4.2 GHz and my OCZ Reaper DDR3-2000 is running at 2000 MHz. All squeezed inside an APEX Micro-ATX case with handle. Can you say portable Starcraft II system?

Cons: Doesn't overclock all that well unless you upgrade BIOS. At first, it would not read all of the memory profiles, forcing me to 7-7-7-20, or 8-8-8-24, kind of at its will. Obviously, this made it really hard to clock the memory correctly. It would never engage my XMP profiles even when I selected XMP overclocking mode. Upgrading the BIOS at least fixed it to where it selected timings based on the memory frequency setting. Got the 9-9-9-24 correct and now mem runs at 2000. Still won't engage XMP, but who cares if it can read the correct profile for 2000? - Only 1 eSATA port (I like 2 so I can copy eSATA arrays) - PCI-Express slots are too close together (can't SLI my Palits) - You lose a PCI-Express (rather than PCI) to a 2-slot graphics card - No SATA-6GB/s or USB-3

Overall Review: System: - APEX TX-381-C Case - Corsair HX-620 Modular Power Supply - This board - Intel Core i5-760 at 4.2GHz - Coolermaster Hyper 212 using a single fan - OCZ Reaper Edition DDR3-2000 2x2GB kit - Palit Sonic Edition GTX 460 1GB - OCZ Agility 2 90GB 3.5" SSD - Fedora 13 XFCE

Pros: - Comes with everything you need including 6 black sata cables and a padded rear panel with stylish color. - Supports crossfire/SLI. Even though it runs at 8x/8x using 2 cards, PCI-E 2.0 8x is enough bandwidth to support modern cards without seeing any significant bottlenecking issues. - Good color, the start button on the mobo is useful. - X-Fi is a great addition to a mATX. - Great to work with.

Cons: - Check the supported memory list on ASUS's website. - Currently using G.Skill Ripjaws (model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL) for memory. Boots fine and works OK, but has issues. If I bring the memory up to 1600 (what its rated for), I see frequent crashes. Running Prime95 for over 20 minutes almost always encounters an error which I believe is memory related. See supported memory here: http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=YwO7uzOlu1js0TqM&templete=2

Pros: Had no problem using memOk on 1st boot worked great. On-board raid*, cpu parameter recall didn't have to clear cmos once after a bsod. shut down reboot back into overclocking to find the sweet spot for minimal voltage increases. Available expansion slots to add a future sata 6Gb/s raid card/controller. plugins for heat sensors, led lighting on board tells you in code whats wrong. sli capable, stickers for labeling and assigning hdd's, big manual* Your ram will be in ultra secure and in tight. Overclocking options lots of them.

Cons: Sli on this Matx board is very tight spaced as expected, makes me afraid to try. The big sticker included is kind of silly huge! I did stick on the tiny republic of gamers sticker instead though.

Overall Review: Asus cg5275 case This amazing board i7 875k @ 4.1Ghz,hyperthreading on, aircooled 8gb ddr3 1333 Gtx 460 1gb palit Seagate 1tb 7200rpm A50 corsair cpucooler etc

Pros: Been a solid board with no issues. Plenty of USB and SATA connectors. The on board audio is very good. Good power management. Sleep and standby modes work great.

Cons: For the price at time of purchase I feel this board should have come with on board USB3.

Overall Review: Good board that runs great with quad core i-5.

Pros: This MoBo has all a Gamer could need. Performance Is fantastic, 100's of overclocking features. Bios Reset switch at the back, detailed manual, 5.1 creative xfi sound card built in (Even Gold Plated). 9+usb 2.0, SATA drive space that supports All Raid. 1 external sata port. The List go's on

Cons: The insulation pushes against the Mobo and bulges a bit at the back. Over all Not worth the -Egg.

Overall Review: This Mobo works with everything i've tossed at it. For reference if you are interested in Purchasing this product. Asus Maximum iii Gene mAtx: I5 760 quad @2.8ghz G.Skill 4Gb Sticks RAM 16 gb @1066 Evga 1gb 460 se video card 2x Western Digital 7200 ,500 gb H.d.d in Raid0 Win 7 home 64bit Everything's working at top speeds, with no performance issues.

Pros: Well constructed. Piping better than average. Nice layout

Cons: None

Overall Review: I couldn't be happier with the board. In typical Newegg fashion, all my parts arrived as promised...on time and in perfect condition. I put together a new system: This motherboard with an I7 2.93 unlocked Lynnfield, Seagate 1.5Tb HD, NVidia GE GTX 460 Video, 4Gb Ripjaws RAM, OCZ 700w supply, ArcticFreezer 7 Pro v.2 and I am posting this on my first power-up after Windows 7 install. No issues....I'm happy as hell.

Pros: This motherboard is completely amazing for an mATX performance gaming rig. I have an i3-560 and a GTX 460 connected to it and it's fast! Also the onboard audio, while not a full blown Creative X-fi, has got to be the first onboard audio chipset that hasn't sucked for me, and I'm pretty particular about audio.

Cons: It wasn't free.