Strengths: DDR2 and DDR3 memory support-45nm CPU support (as of BIOS F6)- Tons of SATA ports

Weaknesses: CPU is under-volted-No firewire or Crossfire- Only 1 set of DDR3 slots

Summary: I got this board as soon as it came out. Off the bat, my e6600 would only clock up to 3.33GHz on "stock voltage" after being at 3.51GHz on an ASUS P5B-E without any voltage adjustments. After paying attention to CPU-Z, I noticed that the CPU voltage was less than 1.35. In fact, until you manually set the voltage in the BIOS to 1.3875, you won't see CPU-Z report 1.35. :( - Aside from that, I really like the features of this board. I've had my Crucial Ballistic DDR2-1066 up as high as 1251MHz with 2.2v (+0.4 in the BIOS) and 5-5-5-12-42-2t. That's just amazing. The board can also run 4 x 1GB sticks at high frequencies without a problem (something I couldn't do on previous 965 chipset boards). - I just upgraded from the F4 to F6 BIOS last night, and Gigabyte did change some things in the tweaking section. I also noticed that if you change CPUs, you're probably going to want to clear the CMOS or you'll end up with an unstable system. - My favorite thing about this motherboard is the PCI-E release "button." For anyone with a long PCI-E graphics card, this thing is a godsend as it's on the back of the slot, where there is almost always plenty of room. Just push it, and your PCI-E card is released from the slot. - Other than that, the layout is good and easy to work with. The board comes with high quality SATA cables with latches, and a nice dual eSATA bracket that just connects to the two color-coded internal SATA ports. - Oh, and one other significant thing...the "Ultra Durable 2" really is a feature -- my power consumption dropped by 17 watts just by switching from the aforementioned P5B-E to this motherboard. :)

Strengths: Great board for overclocking

Weaknesses: Lacks dual PCI-E, needs more voltage settings, overclocked board isn't on par with other ones.

Summary: This board is a great overclocker, even for a quad core. It has a wide range of fsb and cpu voltage settings. Great performance, though overclocked performance isn't as good as other boards. I also wished for more voltage settings on the memory and motherboard itself.

Strengths: future proof (45nm and ddr3), easy to install, easy overclocker, user friendly, durable...

Weaknesses: bad voltage drop and voltage droop.

Summary: This motherboard works great for me, but I am still an amateur, i would see how this board would be problematic to the picky user. The memory voltage isn't shown in the BIOS but you can only increase it by increments. I still think it is a decent board, it just seems gigabyte rushed in its release. I would recommend it if you want to be future safe, but if not then do some research and see if this will work out for you.

Strengths: excellent docunmentation software. lots of features. outstanding capabilities. easy installation.

Weaknesses: incompatible DDR2 and DDR3 memories.

Summary: excellent docunmentation. handy software. lots of features. outstanding capabilities. easy installation. clear step by step installation instructions. lots of SATA connections. good memory options. clear marking. works without any problem. very much recommended.