if i should Blame ASUS or AMD for the poor design of the retention system of the cpu

Very tough to reach.)*RGB baby*Well designed layout*PS/2 Port on the backCons:*This board comes with a built in I/O plate already on it

(Wi-Fi) is a beast of a motherboard, well build, overkill VRM, well design BIOS

Everything that was installed worked as designed.

The brand has not disappointed, stable bios coupled with a great design

I am convinced its the board's BIOS, build, and design quality that affords my good results.

I have this with a 2700 CPU with no problems and just update the bios if you plan to use high speed memoryI got my G Skill Trident Z RGB running at 3200mhz after the bios update with no problems at allThe only cons that I can find on this board its that it does not have enough USB ports but thats just me since I got a lot of USB to connect