Asus PRIME Z370-A II Intel Z370 LGA1151 ATX-emolevy

Great board, has the two PCI x16 connectors for Nvidia SLI. Very stable with great BIOS features for over clocking.

A very comprehensive board with plenty of connection ports etc. Performs very well. Is easy to install and set-up.

Built my first PC with this board, and love it except for 2 things:

1. I/O shield has a spongey lining and made it super difficult to install the board inside my case, as an inexperienced builder i didn't realise it took so much pressure to actually hold the board in place while also trying to position it for the tiny screws to line up and screw in (insanely difficult when using one hand to keep the board in place with all that pressure, while trying to keep your amateur nervous hand from shaking and misaligning the screw for the 15th time, forcing you to relieve pressure from the board so you can fish the screw from the back of the case - or maybe that's just me)
   
   
2. By default the Aura mobo lights stay on even when powered down. This is extremely annoying for people who have their setups in dark areas for sleeping. I had to go into the BIOS to turn them off, and then when i turned on ICUE sync with my Corsair Vengeance sticks, It now turns itself back on when shutdown, even when i turn it off in BIOS, so i'm eternally stuck with sleeping with a rainbow room if i want to keep my RGB setup while its powered on. Please workout a fix for this.
   
   

Apart from those two minor things, i really enjoy the aesthetic of the board - it fits really well with my black/white NZXT setup (didn't realise NZXT sold their own boards until after i bought this lol but no worries as i'm pleased with this one) all of the components are placed well and has a decent amount of slots too. as a beginner i praise this as my first board and recommend this to anyone with patience and more dextrous hands than me lol.

It’s a fantastic motherboard for most if not all requirements that arnt (exteeem) for fair price it would be nice if the motherboard ran a 3600 ddr4 ram kit as standard without over locking however nice piece of kit!