When I rebuilt my boss' PC earlier this year I was able to replace the motherboard, RAM, CPU, graphics and power supply for the price of this one motherboard. Albiet with a lower performance regimen than this board aims for. On the other hand, however, there are those two cards that are included on the board itself. The network card and X-Fi cards when bought sperately run about $150 for both. Subtract that off of the price and you're now looking at $400, which is reasonable. Now figure in the ability to still run a four card graphics setup with these two cards still included and you've got yourself an exclusive option that is now quite a deal.



Link: Overclockersclub