The truth of this motherboard is that its a great value.
If you want a great overclocking motherboard, then I would go with Asus P5B Deluxe, though expect to spend allot more. Their is some question about the actual benifit of the additional money.
There have been problems with some types of Micron Memory. The truth is that every motherboard has been having these problems
My problems where with early problems with some of my cards. It was fixed in F8 (Sound Blaster X-Fi). It was a hassle more then a complete failure.
PATA IDE DVD-ROMs and Multiple Read/Writes have been a problem. I wouldnt recommend using more then one DVD on this ATA device. The problem Arises with JMicron, who's product is also in the Asus, and from personal experiance, also has the same problem
Luckily SATA CD/DVD-RW's are becoming available, reliable, and work great. The intel chipset supports these devices with out a problem.
The board is of amazing design. The only issues expressed has been the backplate/heatsink on the MoBo, behind the CPU can get in the way of some aftermarket coolers. However, Gigabyte has assured its customers that removal of this plate will NOT be a reason for the board to be supported.
The heatsinks are large, and are built for an AirCooled CPU. However I run water, and the heatsinks still remain VERY cool. Again a few aftermarket air coolers have had clearance issues.
The bios is forword and steady. I have very few problems with overclocking, though I do seem to run into a wall at, and around 3500mhz. Maybe the chip compacity.
I run 1066mhz Corsair Memory, overclocked to a "4" memory multiplier (at stock FSB) or a 320mhz FSB "3.33" memory multiplier. I have had no issues.
Mike
BTW, the Asus has ALLOT of problems too, and I wouldnt recommend them. However I am running a P5B in my HTPC, though it is watercooled, I dare not OC it for all the issues I had with the X6800 I had tried to use in it.