Dont get me wrong, it's a good motherboard, it's worth the money (which is cheap for what you get). But :
The sound has issues, interference , occasional cracks , they arent serious , and don't show while playing something. Still, they are annoying. I can let that slide.
The motherboard is excepcionally picky with memory modules. It wont take certain OCZ modules, or certain Samsung ones. I tested my 2x256 kingston on other computers (A Epox 8rda+ and a a7n8x deluxe) and it passed with flying colours 200fsb at 2-2-2-5 with a similar processor (2500+ barton at 3200+ , like mine) , not too shabby for value ram. However, on my a7n8x-x , it wont go near those values. This i cant.
I also noticed that if you change a card , or for some reason , windows changes de IRQ list , all hell breaks loose. It stopped aquiring my Live!Platinum for no good reason. Sure, i can blame Creative, but i havent had this problem before. It can be fixed, with some work, but still , that didnt happen with my SiS k7s5a (rock solid board, btw). It's rare, but it happened once, and once too often .
Nevertheless , i do get a good OC from it. If put new memory modules (i tested with 2x256 hyperx from a friend) , and i'll get some soon hopefuly, I can stretch the barton to 2,4 ... 2,5Ghz. It's now at 2.3Ghz. Very respectable .
Oh, and do try to get that crap pink thermal paste from the north bridge, it's awful. I'm willing to bet that's made by a chewing gum company.