BIOSTAR TH67+ LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: low price with good features
good mainboard with solid upgrade potential
4 memory slots
enough spacing around the processor socket to fit huge heatsinks
great bios configurability

Cons: at this time i cant think of any it does everything i wanted it to

Other Thoughts: at $100 this will make you happy

Pros: Easy to install, with onboard HDMI. Great for TV computer. Window7 runs great with it

Cons: Got it in Jan.. now its end of JUNE..... still no REBATE check/card. Called no one answer the phone, emailed no one reply, emailed support@biostar-usa.com
they still dont reply.

Other Thoughts: Should have a better team management

Manufacturer Response:

Sorry to hear of your troubles, please email gerry@biostar-usa.com for assistance.

Pros: It is red. Supports RAID.

Cons: PCIE ports failed within a few months. Now my $200 GPU is running at half its strength, wonderful. Only 4 USB ports with no headers. The rebate was a down right LIE. Awful RMA. Just a cheap board that you SHOULD AVOID.

Other Thoughts: Don't waste your money on this.

Pros: Works OK

Cons: I cannot contact anybody at Biostar concerning my rebate. The form says I should have received it over a month ago. I get no answer from Email or voicemail.

Other Thoughts: It makes me wonder what would happen if I had a warranty issue. I will never buy Biostar again.

Manufacturer Response:

Please contact gerry@biostar-usa.com.

Pros: This is a great motherboard for $50. It is great for a budget build. It has usb 3.0, enough usb ports, and quite a few pci slots. It has a lot of features for an mATX board.

Cons: It is H67 so no cpu overclocking. The usb 3.0 drivers don't work that well as somethings don't work on them. It was also hard to attach to my case although that may be due to the case.

Other Thoughts: This motherboard is a great deal for $50. However now the price is much higher. The motherboard bios can be a bit hard to use if you are new to pc building.

Pros: fast, reliable, stable. I leave my pc running all the time, its in a hot room and it never has any issues and never needs to reboot.

Cons: biostar's rebates take too long, next time i'll get a gigabyte or intel board

Other Thoughts: i bought this motherboard in november 2011 and sent in the mail in rebate form right away. more than 5 months later and i still dont have my rebate. when i check the status on their website it says the same thing it has for a few months, APPROVED: Payment Pending

Pros: works great. no issues.

Cons: cd would not work for bios flash, but the downloaded one worked fine.

Pros: I killed this board in my last review on it.
I feel bad becasue it was my fault for the issue.

Cons: Out of all issues my PSU 8 Pin was causing window not to install. That is corrected now and this board is awesome for a nice generaly to mid gaming or rendering system.

Other Thoughts: when everything works and the 8 pin on the PSU is not soing something right. that is tought to figure out.
The only issue was it would not load windows. But the PSU powered everything else. I even used just 4 pin on the psu and it worked. So some case even though things look to be working. The simplest thing can be wrong. NOTE the less components the less issue.
4 pin worked but 8 was not good.
I got the PSU replaced. Praise to enermax.

Pros: Not terrible, works most of the time.

Cons: Having to deal with intermittent "Windows failed to shut down properly" warnings when turning on the machine with this MB installed. I've removed and replaced all of the components plugged into this board and it still does the same thing, only not all the time. I have no other choice but to blame the MB. Now let's get on to Biostar the company. When I purchased this MB there was a $20 mail in rebate that went along with the deal. I made sure to turn in the correct information along with the what they required to submit the rebate. Mailed it off well within the time frame they stated. It's been nearly 11 weeks now and still nothing from Biostar. These mail in rebate scams are ridiculous. Even though I will continue to buy from Newegg, I doubt that I will ever buy anything from them again that has a Mail in Rebate. If the product is discounted, it should be available without having to jump through hoops that disappear.

Other Thoughts: I'm sad that Biostar plays these games. I've used their MB's for quite a while and don't think that I will be doing so in the future. If you are considering buying a Biostar MB, make sure you don't have to send in a Mail in Rebate to get it for a decent price.

Pros: Good build quality for the price

Cons: Terrible BIOS for an HTPC build

Other Thoughts: AMI is the BIOS maker for this motherboard (and all other BIOSTAR boards as far as I can tell). How they can have a BIOS that doesn't support the ability to turn system halts off if a keyboard isn't plugged in is completely beyond me. This has been a very basic BIOS setting for as long as I have been building computers. I was sure I just missed it in the BIOS, but BIOSTAR support confirms this option does not exist. This HTPC is going in my media cabinet so now I have to build a dummy keyboard dongle to plug into a USB port. Do yourself a favor and just stay away from this board (and any other BIOSTAR board that uses AMI) if you are looking to build a HTPC