Back when motherboards looked epic and had character.

[Fluffinator]

I... think they've actually improved since the OP's pictures..

Agreed, I think the OP's look "cheesy", a bit overdone the same way some cases are overdone with too many lights or colors, now a days they look sexy to me like a fractal design case.. If that makes any sense, sensible/practical but not overdone.

[stconquest]

"Windowless" side panel, never stare at your mobo again.    

[Psykomantis00]

OP is confusing "epic" with "tacky". 

[cragger89]

I was aroused this morning, I'm not anymore.

[-iSynthesis]

If you had an old Athlon idling at that temp then you had issues. I've got some Athlon XPs that run at about 28C under full load and maybe 32C overclocked. Athlon 64s weren't much worse either.

It was an athlon x2 7750BE, oced a bit. I didnt know it ran that hot until i discovered cpu-z and after that i cleaned the pc out and it showed idle 7°C, which isnt possible, ty amd sensors, but much lower. But it did run at that temp before i cleaned it

[FaZe Booce]

x99 boards tend to have lots of character.