Motherboards that cost that much are just laden with 'features' that literally no one will ever make use of. And, I suspect, just create more potential points of failure.

If you can't get it sorted under warranty (via your friend) then just get a decent normal-person motherboard and it'll be fine.

I got this one when I built a new PC in January and it's serving me well. Even when I accidentally ripped one of the PCI slots off the motherboard because I didn't notice they had clips.

 

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