On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 13:29:53 Florian Philipp wrote: >> Hi list! >> >> I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS >> M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this? >> > > I wouldn't buy an Asus board at the moment, thanks to their crappyness. > > I bought a GA-880GA-UD3H 4 weeks ago. It works. > > rtl8111d/e lan chip > usb3 > > lots of pcie slots. > > note: you don't have to care about the realtek suffices. 8111d/e/whatever... > they just work > > Nice looking MB, good price.
Only caveat I see is the same problem I had with an Intel MB where 90 degree SATA outputs didn't work well for me in a tight HTPC case I did recently. In a standard case no problems. - Mark
