n00bst3r,
Quick google search and I read both Amazon and Newegg comments on this board. Take these things with a grain of salt but when 5-6 out of 10 are having major issues and they say they have expert knowledge??? But like I say for every one who slams ASUS there is 1 or 2 that will slam MSI, Gigabyte, Biostar & EVGA. I do have to say I dig my MSI but it's my first build.
With any modern board it will have all USB3 and SataIII headers so for sure I love the Crucial Real SSD and at 135.00 for 64gb it's perfect for OS and Apps.
Take newegg reviews with a very large grain of salt. That board will do you well.
I have been using ASUS since I could get them, and I have had one board go bad, RMA'd it (2 week process, very easy) and no problems since.
There is only a 2% difference in speeds going from 8x/8x to 16x/16x. Research it.
Just my opinion: you should get 8GB RAM or more...
Unnecessary for a gaming machine.
Very similar specs to the build I am about to start.
This is the M/board I am using:
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula - AMD 890FX - Socket AM3 - PCI-E 2.0 - DDR3 1600/1800/1866 - SATA 6Gb/s RAID - SupremeFX X-Fi Audio - CrossFire - ATX
It's a republic of gamers board, one of the best asus boards there is. You might want to consider it.
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planning to buy a 2nd one to have them in RAID