First time I've felt casual by a motherboard.

Don't get me wrong, the ultra-hardcore-overclocking-as-a-day-job few will love this but there are some things that have me wondering;

1 lan port on a board that's going to cost as much as a very reasonable system? Really?
Where is the sas? I understand they are splitting patsburg into various grades with features missing but why does this not get the top of the line chip? That cooling system can easily handle it.
Those slides. Wow. Advertising soldering, temp reading ports and a huge OSD dongle. Mad.

2011 needs decent well thought out and feature laden boards to set itself from 1155. This hits the nail square on the head for "3xtr3m3" overclocking but it doesn't come across as a 24/7 board or one with a tonne of non-oc features after you're done being mad.
I need/want 4 slots (3 gpu's and a raid card) and a pair of lan ports. Looks like SR3 will be the only way as the P9X79's are a bit too 'casual' for my liking. (yeah, yeah)