one thing i don't like about ASUS, they make crappy motherboards, always fry within 3 years.  i had 3 different ASUS mobo in the last few years, all fried.  i used MSI, GIGABYTE, INTEL and even PC chips bought in the same period, all are still running.  in fact, the longest running mobo is PC chips!  it's 10 years old and still going strong, from windows 2k to winxp.  i even installed win 7 in it, although it's lagging a bit, but it's still usable!  and i'm not saying i choose which one to abuse, all of them are running almost 24/7