Best Motherboard I Have Ever Owned
356730
Best motherboard I have ever owned. Has an amazing set of features and is just a really advanced motherboard. Advanced cooling options as well as temp controls. Just a crazy motherboard that I love!
336104
This is the first desktop motherboard I've been really happy with for a long time.  Paired with an i7-4790S (BX80646I74790S) and two Kingston 16GB kits (HX318C10FK2), this is totally stable and very fast.  The UEFI BIOS isn't buggy and POST time is fast.  Running Fedora 20, a full compile of the ZFS tree takes 3 minutes - on my 3-yr-old AMD desktop (with the same disks) it was taking 30 minutes.  Xen runs well and all the hardware seems to function as expected (running triple head on the built-in GPU, plus one AMD PCIe head).  Make sure you have a new enough power supply (a good excuse to go modular if you're upgrading).
3061830
Really impresive MB, the look is stunning, the features are incredebly, the quality of materials, and specially the softwares are make use of all of this to make this one of the best Z97 Mobo in the market at the moment.

PD: got mine used but it was like new really happy because i couldn't affort a new one.
1365288
I used to be an Asus mainboard fan, then an Intel mainboard fan. I've had at least two Asus mainboards fail over the years (been building computers for over two decades) and the Intel boards are not as good a value as Gigabyte and there isn't as great a selection. Now I only use Gigabyte boards since they have the best warranty in the market (3 years) and I can always find a board with all the options I want at a competitive price.

This board couldn't have been any easier to install in my giant 13 y/o steel InWin ATX tower. This heavy boat anchor of a tower has now seen its fourth or fifth iteration as I can't stand to send the old beast to the landfill. With this latest upgrade, I purchased an i5-4430 (3GHz Quad-Core) processor, 16 gigs of Crucial Ballistic Sport memory and an EVGA 500w power supply. This is a very respectable upgrade that cost me under five hun (so far). Next is some sort of RAID array; maybe a solid state boot drive and a dedicated video card.

Lots of options with this board, including up to RAID 10; solid state boot drive options and this is my first mainboard with an fiber audio jack, which would make for a very nice media center machine, indeed. Lots of USB jacks/headers, which I like and the onboard video capability is adequate with a user-definable memory allocation of up to 1 gig. I've read it's not an overclocker's board but I've never played that game (as I'm not a gamer) so I don't care.

I use my system for video and photo editing with Adobe Creative Cloud and I'm very pleased with the results, even with the Intel onboard video.
306487
I've had this board a little over a month now and it is awesome! It looks simply awesome in my case and the BIOS is incredibly easy to use, the extra feature software that comes with this board is also nice and gives me a lot more control over my components. It has both the look and feel of a truly premium board.

The only thing wrong with this board are the LED's. The white seems to be slightly pinkish, which doesn't really affect me since I pretty much stick to max green, blue, or red, and those look great.
The other issue is that the LED's are easily seen individually and are given away by brighter dots.

Other than those few LED issues this is an awesome board, and there is almost nothing you can't do with it.

I've had this board for over a year now and it has been nothing but great. The board starts to go wonky every time it needs a BIOS update for some reason but after the update everything runs back to normal.

I have a stable 4.7GHz OC on my 6700k and the XMP runs the RAM great (3200MHz C16).
I am about to upgrade to 8th gen and Z370 but I will most definitely be getting the Maximus X Formula. This board has been absolutely great.
The absolute ONLY issue I have with it is the built in sound leaves a lot to be desired, and the Asus automatic OC sucks. But if you really need a dedicated sound card thats one thing, most people do not, and if you know what you're doing, overclocking is not that hard either.

All in all its a great board and hands down the best looking of any Z170 board. A little pricey for what you get but in my opinion, its worth it.
4655424
I bought this motherboard as an upgrade for my old gaming computer. I have been using it for a while now and i couldn't be happier. The build quality, BIOS, and I/O options are worth every penny. You cant find a better one for the price.
4780696
Fantastic motherboard.

NOTE: I haven't installed it yet. I'm buying pieces one by one.

Unlike my GPU, the motherboard was properly packaged so no one would know that a $130 pc part was just sitting at the door of my apartment building. (Thanks a lot on that one USPS, I'm lucky that I'm in a decent neighborhood) I wasn't planning on buying this, but I saw that the $30 rebate via MSI was going to end on the 30th of June so I just put it on my card. Looks great, I love the dragon logo on the actual motherboard itself. I'm going to need a nice tower to show off how bad-ass all the parts look when everything finally arrives and gets installed.

The contents/documents boxed with the motherboard are more than adequate. I was shocked at how big the user manual was until I saw it was in like 30 different languages. I love the door hanger, wish it was in bumper sticker form to put on my vehicle. No cute little comic showing how to install like the graphics card which was a little disappointing. BUT I know this motherboard will treat me well just by looking at it. I'm really excited to get the rest of my parts so I can finally build a gaming PC after going my whole life without one!
1047480
Im one of those people who diligently do my research when building a new system when it comes to price for performance. FOr what I needed this board hit everything I needed and a little more. Aesthetics, overclocking, and other options to tweak for overclocking and more. The 5-Way Optimization for OC worked great for me since im a novice OC. It ran through my system thoroughly and OC each core to what they chould OC too and my system has been stable for almost two years now. my 4790k has been at 4.8Ghz ans stable on just a EVO 212 Tower Cooler. Been Using this MB for the build ever since 2 years ago and never had a single issue with any ram, HDD, and other things. Would Buy again but since its a little older I would buy a next Gen Asus Board.
2496822
Great FM2+ motherboard, nice memory compatibility, tons of nice features, i love the ROG looks black and red, robust build quality, really get back what you pay. Got it running with an Asus Strix GTX 1050ti, G.Skill 2400 16 GB mem kit (just for video and photo editting 8gb IS GREAT FOR GAMES), 2 Intel 240GB SSD's (OS), 1TB Seagate hybrid SSDHD (games), 2TB WD Black mecanical drive (editing work), AMD Athlon X4 880K cpu OC and a Thermaltake Water 3.0 all in one liquid cooling solution with a single 120mm radiator. Its a really nice everyday PC, nice for  work, great for 1080p gaming, very power efficient. For my needs ill give 10 out 10 to this Asus motherboard. Kind of old tech but still running strong and a lot less money invest in it than any up to date PC.
3194224
This is a great motherboard to buy for any AMD build. I have been running game this mother board for about 2 years now with no problems . Here are my current specs: for a CPU I am running a phenom ii x6 1090t over clocked by about 35%. The mosfet have some pretty good heatsinks on them keeping the motherboard cool. For memory I have 12 gigs of crucial running problem free.  Storage I have 2 crucial SSD's running in raid 0 and 1 HHD used for media storage . It does have a M.2 slot that I have yet to test out. It does have 2 pci-e x16 slots for video card and 1 more x8 slot believe . I am running a GTX 970 overclocked . I have a 650 watt power supply running everything . Operating system is windows 10. The system as a whole runs awesome and is super fast. The board has tons of built in heatsinks keeping it cool great for over clocking . This board has tons of features and will not disappoint you. Highly recommended to anyone doing a AMD build.
2716491
I have the third revision of this board, and I absolutely love it. It is extremely well built, and has been a best over the years that I have been using it. Revisions to the BIOS firmware have only seemed to improve the motherboard since I first received it.

The build quality is excellent, with enough heat piping and heatsinks to keep the north and southbridges cool. Dual channel ram works well, using Corsair Vengeance ram, and I am able to get a solid overclock out of my fx8120. I have it running at 4.2GHz. I would have liked to see a larger overclock though, as my temperatures are still very low with my cooler master heatsink. Unfortunately, even with my low temps, anything above 4.2GHz gets unstable.

Gigabyte continues to make excellent components, and I recommend this board hands down.
4571379
Really loving this motherboard.  Can't say that enough.  I was always cautious about paying more to go for something classed as a "gamer" motherboard, but I was pleasantly surprised at the overall quality and performance of this piece of technology when paired with a AMD10-7870K, ASUS R7360-OC-2GD5, and 32GB of Ripjaws by G.Skill.

With 8 SATA ports and all the fine control and tweaking tools, this has made me a fan of ASUS.  Most of what I do is testing software, remote fixes on other computers and servers, and working with virtual machines.  So, this fits my needs very well.  It also provides a great platform for the little bit of time I actually get to play a game or two.  Everyone needs a break now and then.

Works great for both Linux and Windows environments.
1780788
After months of searching for a motherboard for my computer I landed on this one as it met the price and spec requirements that I needed and wanted. I added it to my amazon wish list and received it as a gift a couple of months later. I have been using this board for a year now and I have to say I really love it. The thing that I liked the most was the click bios and the preset for overclocking my AMD FX 8350. Functionality wise this board is perfect but the looks of this board are also something worth displaying. I was not disappointed with this product and I know that you won't be either.
3033308
I wasn't sure about this motherboard at first it's smaller than a regular micro atx board but don't let that keep you away this is an awesome board unlike this one most micro atx boards are square and when you plug the 24 pin power plug into one it kind of worries you that you might break it because of where the screw hole mounts are far away from the edge of the board but not on this one.

The sata ports may look oddly placed but in a micro atx case it's actually a good thing you have more options on how you want to set up your cables and it makes them easier to get to.

Another plus is this is the first board where i was able to get a phenom II x2 555 unlocked (all 4 cores) and staying stable i don't know what it is i have a better board than this that wouldn't stay stable with the cores unlocked but on this board i haven't had any problems i even overclocked it a little bit to 3.4 and ran prime 95 for an hour on a stock cooler it didn't go past 53 degrees celsius.

If you are looking for a good cheap micro atx motherboard for gaming or whatever I'd highly recommend you get this board for $50 it is definitely worth the money

UPDATE: The picture showed here might be a little different from what you get i got the rev. 1.1 the picture here is the first revision 1.0  only difference is the com and f_audio plugs

Also
Another plus for this board is it supports Amd FX processors
4501883
Solid motherboard. No issues thus far. Some issues with it POSTing too fast to be able to change BIOS settings, but generally speaking, lots of features and a nice board.
3569498
Excellent motherboard.  Built in DNA server is great.  Works great on Linux Win 8.1 dual boot system. Lightning fast with SSD drive.
1440945
Great motherboard.  Many features and easy to set up.  No issues with setup.