The board even with its overclocking issues was a strong performer and had it not been for the RAM slot issues, would have be an OK desktop workstation candidate. Still, you are not going to come close to hearing us suggest you buy this board when there are so many other solid candidates on the market. When fully populated RAM slots do not recognize all your memory, there is a serious problem somewhere and one that you are most likely to find out about when the board is way out of warranty. Not a good problem to have.