Nice board, really stable. All necessary features were there. I liked it without the Integrated Wireless AP and unnecessary additional SATA or IDE Controllers. The sound setup with optical in and out ports, all necessary USB, Firewire ports, Gigabit LAN. It is a really good base for an enthusiast system. There were some ergonomic issues though. For clean installation inside the case and better airflow, ergonomics could be better. And one more PCI Slot instead of a 3rd PCI Express slot would be better. The amount and detail of the BIOS Settings were the best I have seen to date. If you like to base a good system and you don't need and you don't like unnecessary mumbo-jumbo, it is a good choice. For overclocking I definitely recommend it.
Check out the other version of this motherboard, the ABIT AA8 3rd eye. That version comes with a desktop clock. Not really. It is a USB device. You may control all the overclocking and system health and power settings of the motherboard.
