I was going to buy the Soyo initially. Then someone pointed out to go look at Epox and Gigabyte to be fair to yourself. After realizing I didn't need raid, didn't need the extra IDE cable, and didn't need the smart reader, I decided to go with Epox or Gigabyte, they were much cheaper. Gigabyte ended up winning out for me, since it has great sound, and a good lan chip on board.
Now if you do want raid, and you do want the smart card reader, this seems like a very good board.