Operate the motherboard with an i7 2600K processor, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM, a Sapphire ATI HD 7850 2GB PCIe graphics card, Barracuda 2TB hard drive. The mainboard is firstonce also future proof as it supports the new processors Ivy. Installation went smoothly, all slots are well labeled on the board itself and the good manual directs a illustrated by the installation and answered at least all my questions - was therefore not for me hardware freak who rumfriemelt only once every few years to the hardware, suitable. I really liked that internally a USB 3 port was also present on the mainboard itself, had to be so that the front USB 3 could be directly connected internally and not back to the external of the housing USB 3 led (this may need to be but a separate cable are concerned - motherboard 20 pin to USB 3.0 cable). I personally like the onboard sound very good (Realtek ALC892 7.1), my ears can not hear a difference to my separate, 2-year-old SoundBlaster card. Well I also like the BIOS, which can be operated with the mouse, can be set to German, provides quick settings for normal and overclocking. The mainboard provides 2 USB 3 internal, 4 USB 3 external, 6 USB 2 internal, 2 USB 2 external, 2 eSATA, 4 SATA 2 (3.0 Gb / s) and 2 SATA 3 (6.0 Gb / s), 2x PCIe 3.0 /2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8), 1x PCIe 2.0 x16 and 1x PCIe 2.0 x1. Thus connections are plentiful. The motherboard runs with me stable, I lack nothing and I would buy it again.