this board is more expensive then the cheaper Asrock and MSI B450 boards (most B450 boards go for about $70-$110) but again if you Republic of Gamers on a budget, dont need Nvidia SLi (which Im assuming you're only running 1 GPU if you're getting this), need good a OC-ing B450 board, and higher quality then those Cheaper Asrock and MSI as well as the god awful

Feature rich mb with better quality componets built in

I have had nothing but great quality products from the Asus Republic of Gamers line (all the way back to LGA 775 with the Maximus II Gene and then a Maximus IV Gene-Z on LGA 1155)

It's good quality, seems like Asus used very good parts