sorry, but who spends +200$ on a motherboard and uses onboard. complete waste of space for additional usb. no thanks asus.

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sorry, but who spends +200$ on a board and uses onboard. complete waste of space for additional usb. no thanks asus.

Probably most people do, albeit I disagree with it since an external DAC will sound so much better. Maybe ASUS could get an matx version of this with no on-board audio.

Assuming it's over $200, there's no mention of dual bios, bios reset switch, LED Post Code display...all features I expect for a $200+ board. Times have changed with all this "RGB Gaming" nonsense...flash and flair over form 😛irate:

I don't understand where the "external DAC" is better argument has really come from, except from people with houses with bad electric installations. DACs have specs, like everything else. Compare the actual hardware that an external DAC has, to that of a good sound card, or even to a really good onboard sound solution. 99% of the time the external DAC at the same cost is inferior.

where did i say audio? maybe they should have kept vga as well...?! (sarcasm mode off) my matx from 2012 has 8 ports, that are all in use (without printer/scanner/cam), so 5y later i only get 2 more because they want to support onboard gpu. i have yet to see a rig with +150$ board and a matching cpu that is being used without a dgpu. and the few ppl that might not want a "gaming" card, can buy a GT 430 for 20 bucks and done. for a company having a dedicated gaming lineup that's selling boards above 200$, why not offer 2 variants (with and without onboard gpu/audio connections).

No internal power/reset buttons, no diagnostic leds and looks like no flashback or dual bios either. Few things I would consider mandatory for Gaming/Oc mobo.

I have the Intel version of this and i think it´s a very nice, i´m very happy with it. My biggest complaint is the lack of USB 2.0... Of course each person wants/prefers some features over others, so i understand those who don´t like it. About the onboard, it´s actually very decent, so i´ve been using it instead of buying a dedicated soundcard. But i´m no expert when it comes to sound quality, so this is just my personnel opinion.

what im trying to say is, no one spending 200 or more on a MB will buy an apu. its fine if "entry/mid grade" x-boards have it, but not the top 2 ones. all rigs i've worked on/build for others never ran a +150$ board (when apu/onboard gpu), and everyone that spend more didnt use it. and even if a few single percent want it, by a cheap 20$ pcx card. stuff should be optimized for the masses buying it, not for a few that might.