well, design is very subjective. one man's meat is another man's poison

btw, i doubt you can get the board easily because i think the board is just newly available in Malaysia.

Last month Asus website only has 3 H97 chipset motherboards, which are: H97-PRO GAMER, H97-PLUS, and H97M-E.

I think H97I-PLUS, H97-PRO, and H97M-PLUS are their new boards.

fyi, H97-PRO GAMER and H97-PLUS are currently priced at 445 and 420 respectively, if the H97M-PLUS is higher than RM420, definitely not worth buying. 
btw, in order not out of topic, we talk about the cable management. Does this thread only talking about the in-casing cable management? no out-casing cable management discusion? 

Anyone here is using CM Elite 430? Can share tips and pic for cable management?

TQ. 

Most of the website i've read mentioned that the 430 have the one of the worst cable management.

For stock casing, yes...it worst.
But with a little creativity & elbow grease, it should be no problem...

if i were to upgrade my case which mid tower case have great cable management?
preferably cooler master brand.

Cooler Master? Definitely i'll CM690 III...

i thought CM690 is full tower?

It's mid-tower i think...

http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Lines/mid-tower/

can post picture behind mobo tray?

Hi, here

tq   

how wide is the space behind the mobo tray? how would you rate the case overall?

Hi n good day everyone
Newbie here,just wanna share my CM elite 430 cable management.

Good job, bro..
This is the tidiest cable management in CM Elite 430 without mod I've ever seen...

see everyone post their elite 430
here is my elite 430 without modding
sleeve everything (my sleeving skill  )