Yeah, the consensus seems to be that they have come from bad to good, getting better. Aside from their in your face marketing tactics I can't see faults with their boards now. They have all the essentials and more, at a nice price. Except the X79 Extreme11. MSRP $600! Lol
Is the brown copper tracing really visible on the PCB or just in certain light? Aesthetics alone wouldn't be enough to turn me off a board but brown is odd.