Thanks!

So far so good on the CPU temps. I haven't really pushed the system yet (unless installing lots of programs counts - lol), but my idle level is in the low 30s.

Did a quick stress test (using CPU-Z) to double check the temps. The max they hit was mid-50s, but seemed to stabilize in the mid to upper 40s under a heavy load (75-90%). This was with no overclocking.

Thanks!

In-progress pieces are saved to both the hard drive and a flash drive. Finished pieces are backed up onto my nice external drive.

I live by the "never have important files in only one place" rule and I've never had a problem yet. :)

Well, most importantly, it's working. :P

There's a good number of USB ports (one of my priorities since I use a lot of them and will soon be using more with VR) and most of them are 3.0. Getting everything hooked up was fairly easy with it. I had to use a bit more force to seat the RAM than I was used to, but that's the only thing that stood out during the build process.

My only complaint with it thus far is that, of the lights on it, only the back ones are RGB. The lighting near the sound components is always red and there's a yellow status light. All my other lights are blue/purple, so it doesn't match 100%. That's a minor thing and definitely not a dealbreaker though.

The only other thing is I've had a little bit of glitchiness with my internet (Ethernet directly to the modem). I've yet to determine if that's the motherboard or Windows though (learning towards Windows).