A hint of MSI design is here too, with the 363A northbridge spun 45 degrees. The green heatsink, however, is mated in the the normal orientation, which makes the slanted northbridge easy to overlook. MSI has always maintained that this improves signal strength and quality, and perhaps they have something there, judging by the overclocking results on this board. Only time will tell which motherboards can truly support the huge wattage of a 1.5GHz Athlon. IWill, however, has gone one step beyond Abit and MSI in the layout by implementing an actual hardware sound chip.
Quality is excellent, easiliy rivaling some of the best names in the market.
However, if you are serious about your audio, a SB Live will still serve you better due to its upgradeable nature and its lower CPU utilization. You can see the cutouts where the additional IDE connectors and AMD controller chip are placed.