From what I understand, the boards are pretty much identical except for the 10gbps ethernet, and that feature won't be relevant for most people. The boards look identical aside from the power and reset switches on the bottom-right side of the ultimate board (nothing a screwdriver can't replace for powering on and resetting the board for troubleshooting purposes). I would save the cash and go for the non-ultimate if I were looking into buying an AMD board right now.