Pros: Easy to use so far. No problems with install. Works fine with an older FM2 CPU (without the "+")

Cons: Nothing to report at this time. Happy with it as part of a very simple build.

Pros: easy set up(my 9 year old helped)

Cons: small board but that's micro ATX for you

Other Thoughts: Would Recommend to a friend. In fact I am going to move this board over to my mechanic and give the kid an ROG board

Pros: It worked for 3 months.

Cons: After three months, I was browsing the internet, left to get a drink, and came back, and the computer screen was black. I tried resetting the CMOS, taking out and replacing ram, and taking out and replacing the CPU with no luck. All the fans on the computer still turn on, but there is "no signal" to the monitor. Really disappointed, as I have an MSI motherboard, and graphics card in my other computer, I hope they do not suffer the same fate!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Nick,
Sorry to hear about the issue you reported. Before considering an RMA can you check following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected firmly, clear CMOS.
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, video card, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

Thanks for choosing MSI

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Good cheap board from a company with a good reputation. MSI BIOS is really cool with all the tweaks I could ever want.

Cons: Two of the SATA connections are horizontal and two are vertical, my GTX actually covers one of the verticals so it is unusable and covers the other half way. So I had to use an old very soft cable and bend it underneath the GTX.

Other Thoughts: I would recommend this board for a good budget build.

Pros: timely shipping

Cons: i ordered this motherboard took it out of the box wouldn't work sent it back Newegg gave me a New motherboard and shipped it to me in a timely manner i installed it and is one is also bad I have ordered 5 motherboards in the last 90 days all MSI motherboards and 4 have been bad i and thru with MSI

Other Thoughts: I WILL NEVER BUY MSI AGAIN

Manufacturer Response:

Dear William,
Sorry to hear about the issue you reported. If you received 4 motherboards with similar issue, before considering an RMA can you check following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected firmly, clear CMOS.
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, video card, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. If possible verify the motherboard outside of the case to eliminate any possible of the system being grounding/shorting out in the case.
4. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

Thanks for choosing MSI

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Is a Micro but still has room to move. (add On cards) Seems to be stable at this time , no driver issues. I don't overclock so I don't know how that would work.

Cons: None at this time....

Pros: Works great. Got it for a great price in a combo deal.

Cons: You cannot have a dual slot video card without sacrificing two SATA ports. The problem is that a dual slot video card covers up two of the SATA ports, thanks to their poor placement on the board.

Pros: compact, cheap and affordable, does what it is intended for

Cons: for some reason msi decided to put the sata connectors in a spot where if you buy like a 6970 you can't plug in your sata cables without crushing them. so if you pan on using any reasonable size graphics card in this just buy the gigabyte or asus motherboard for the same price.

Other Thoughts: I personally don't like that there are only 2 dimm slots but for the price you pay can't really complain too much since it does support 32 gbs

Pros: Very Space efficient (Micro ATX)
The MSI Bios is pretty user friendly and FastBoot gets things up and running quickly.
Seems quality (Military grade 4)
USB 3.0
Hard to beat for $50 price range.

Cons: Because of the placement of PciE slot. Larger graphics cards (such as gtx 950, r9 380) will not let you place a wifi adapter in said slot because it overlaps
The MSI live update 6 SHOULD NEVER be used to update your bios, as it will brick the motherboard. instead, flash bios or update with usb drive/hard drive disc.

Pros: The bios is very simple to use, the board is affordable and is perfect for a budget build.

Cons: I thought I had something DOA because after install my monitor would not pick up a display from the bios, it turns out you have to mash delete or f11 on a blank screen to activate it, very strange.
The IO shield can be a bother to both install and to install the board into because there are pins that push the IO ports back

Other Thoughts: Overall very pleased with this motherboard, not many issues and it goes what it has to