ASUS P7H55-M PRO LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I have had this board for 3 years and I have never had a problem with it. I finally upgraded so this is going in a Fractal R4 case as a server. i3 530/8gb ram

Cons: The only con I did have with it was a ethernet issue when running linux but as long as you look around, you can solve it.

Other Thoughts: Kinda wish I waited til 1155 came out but I regret nothing. It was paired with a GeForce 260 gtx and would play SC2 at max.

Pros: I initially chose this for a building a desktop on a budget and reusing old parts. The PATA port was a money saver for me at the time as I didn't have a SATA optical drive. 6 SATA ports seemed overkill but over time all 6 are now in use. Same thing with the 6 USB ports in the back.

Cons: The Realtek Ethernet started acting up with disconnections and slow speed. Rather than dealing with an RMA, I Installed an Intel card in the sole PCI-E x1 slot and that performs way better and more reliable.

Speaking of PCI-E, there's only one x1 slot and by filling it with the NIC, I can't expand functionality further with a USB3 or RAID card. I'd rather see the old PCI slot in the end which I have no use for be replaced with a PCI-E slot.

On filling the four RAM slots, the pairs had to be put it a certain order for it to boot. It could be due to installing different sizes (2GB & 4GB pairs) despite being from the same brand.

Other Thoughts: Initial 2010: Core i3 530 | 2GB RAM | 500GB HDD | GeForce 8600GT | Windows 7

Current 2013: Core i3 530 | 12GB RAM | 128GB SSD + 3TB HDD | Radeon 6850 | Windows 8

Pros: Nice with advance featues on board far graphics techology build in. And extra satas to have extra drives.

Cons: I am disappointed with no 3.0 firewire usb added. But I can get extra one later.

Pros: has all the basics

Cons: we bought about 20 of these for work, in the last year almost a 25% failure rate. expected allot more from asus

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We're sorry to hear about your experience with this motherboard model. Please contact us at 1-812-282-2787 so that our technicians can look into why they failed and repair or provide replacement as needed. Our motherboards are covered by a 3 year warranty; Sabertooth models 5 years.

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Pros: -6 SATA
-compact design
-4 RAM slots. make sure to install ram in same color slots if you only have 2
-don't know how well HD video works - i use VGA...

Cons: -front panel audio connector needs to be long enough to reach the very rear of this MB.
-comes with really cheap feeling SATA cables. they are 90 degree on one end, straight on other. not many connectors on MB can be used with 90 degree end.

Other Thoughts: I have it with:
Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
Intel Core i3-550 Clarkdale 3.2GHz
worked with no problems on Win7 64bit

Pros: This was my first motherboard purchase and I am very pleased with it.

Cons: None

Pros: Board is working great with i3 550, 8gb of G. Skill F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL ( got the ram for $34 shipped shocker deal). Has everything I need and more, Bought this board and i3 550 combo deal locally for $108 total!

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: board is picky about ram, but I wasnt gonna take eggs for that reason.

Pros: Works. It has performed without problems for over 1.5 years.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Express Gate is useless, but it can be turned off. You should make sure that it has the latest firmware.

There is no problem with this board, but I would recommend a 1155 board at this time.

Pros: On paper this board has all the right stuff for the price point. A Good selection of new and legacy I/O ports and 1156 support.

Cons: I should have read the reviews of this board more carefully and saw all the problems that I too experienced. The board was DOA and would not POST or produce video (yes I was using the Core i3-550 with gpu). The testing was done on the bench, with two different PSU, different memory sticks, and a PCI-E video card. I've used Asus in the past and have been very successful with them thats why I chose this board. But this board, or this run of boards, is garbage. Read the reviews carefully and check the inter-tubes because lots of people are having this issue.

Pros: Has Express gate. performs extremely fast with ripjaw and nvidia 570.

Cons: Ordered this board with G.Skill ripjaw f3-17000cl11d-8gbxl. Board wouldnt post. Called Asus, they say memory is incompatible. I order memory from QVL. Board doesnt post. switch the sockets, it posts. Ok that was my fault. So I decide to once again try the ripjaw, and to my amazement it works flawlessly. Then windows wont recognize my external dvd. so cant install drivers, no drivers = no net access = cant download drivers either. finally said screw it and went to local pc store and got a cheap samsung dvd drive for under $20. just now getting up and going. Shame on Asus for making me purchase memory i didnt need. Techs were clueless.

overall id go with a different board if you want hassle free experience.

Other Thoughts: nuff said.