ASUS M4A87T AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Ok descent MOBO for a budget build

Cons: Doesnt OC well or stay stable. Even with slight overclocks

Pros: Cheap, good bios.

Cons: Only having one pcie slot leaves no room for graphical upgrades. No usb 3.0. No integrated graphics.

Other Thoughts: Honestly, spend a bit more money on a mobo that you wont need to replace and has everything you need for future upgrades. 40 extra dollars is worth it. Dont go cheap on a mobo.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Sorry to hear about your experience. However, one should note that it is up to the consumer to understand what their needs are before making a purchase. All IO ports are specified in the product pages for this board, so if you don't find what you are looking for by all means seek out another model rather than just buying a product and finding out it does not meet your future needs.

Regards
ASUS Customer Support

Pros: price

Cons: i bought this MB from newegg sold as a package deal along with AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6100WMGUSBX....nothing would work....got no help from tech support....after much wasted time i discovered they are not even compatible...ordering the SABERTOOTH 990FX AM3+.....this is not really an indication of the products quality but a real let-down in newegg support and knowledge of the products they sell

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Sorry to hear about the issues. It's always worth checking out the ASUS product pages before launch; you can navigate to the CPU support list tab to find out which processors the board supports.

Regards
ASUS Customer Support

Pros: 3 year warranty, good specs and good quality.

Cons: Only requires 6 screws to mount it into the case. You have to be very careful when plugging in the 20+4 pin connector. Once everything is plugged into it. Having more holes to mount the board would be a plus.

Pros: Pros: Everything I got fit in

Cons: Cons: It was fried on arrival

Pros: This is everything I need for my rig so im happy with it. the usb is fast. the sata is fast. the memory support is great. what more can i say?

Cons: the BIOS is very bland but nothing bad technically speaking, just boring

Other Thoughts: this is a pretty sweet looking board with great performance. Awesome value here.

Pros: It works great, Core Unlocker works like a charm, Over Clock software is awesome. I like the 3 PCI slots. Overall an excellent MoBo.

Cons: Wish it had USB 3.0, but really no cons

Pros: Well-designed board layout. Sufficient expansion. 4 DDR3 RAM slots. Easy ASUS tools for monitoring and overclocking.

Cons: Board has a header for s/pdif but no coax or optical port. Must purchase an additional expansion card to utilize digital audio out.

Other Thoughts: Overall a very capable board in this price range

Pros: Bought two of these boards for builds. One has a Phenom II X4 955 on it, the other, a 975 on it.

Cons: Both boards were working fine initially. Today I powered up one of the computers and the motherboard posted that it had terminated startup due to a surge protection circuit on the board. Seems it claims my power supply is unstable. Bull. I tried three different power supplies from three different manufactures and reset the bios each time. Same thing with all three. Supposedly a voltage issue with the 12v side. I'm not stupid, I've been building computers since the Commodore 64 years.

I'm not buying into the fact that all three ps's are bad. Tested on other systems, and fine. I suspect I have a bios issue on the surge protection side. Or bad board.

Real nice that I have to now try to get the processor off the board without damaging it. AMD makes it almost impossible to get the heat sink off the chip. :( I'm not thrilled that I now have to pay shipping back to Newegg on this board after giving them almost $1,000 dollars for just one build.

Other Thoughts: Built two of these computers. Not cheap. I may reconsider buying ASUS on my next build. Although they are all pretty much the same anymore when it comes to 2nd rate quality. That's what we get when we outsource.

Pros: Works. Core Unlocker if you need it. 4 Slots for Ram.

Cons: 1 Pci Express slot. But thats how this board comes so ya.

Other Thoughts: Ive had this board for a lil over a year and im still using it today. Great board.