nForce chipset compatibility

I’m building a new system based around nForce 790i Ultra chipset (xfx motherboard Motherboards - nForce® 7 series - nForce® 790i Ultra ) with Intel Q9400 CPU.
Does anyone has any experience or suggestions regarding mainboard component compatibility like SATA controllers, sound, ethernet etc.

Looked around HCL and nVidia site but nothing was conclusive.

I plan to install openSUSE 11.

Thanx