ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Got this for 120 $ after tax. This motherboard was like new (one I got). Amazing value, I opened the box and to my suprise everything was wraped up nicely! Looks like whoever bought this returned it rite away, without use.

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: The bios takes some time to get used too. Very intuitive though. Only thing I noticed was when I overclocked, it does turbo overclock. I guess its an asrock thing, first board from them.

Pros: Just about everything is great right down to the BIOS being simple and sophisticated at the same time. Couldn't ask for a much better board.

Cons: None.

Pros: Beautiful board. Not much to say since this is my first build, and what i got was an amazing motherboard with a BIOS user interface like ive never seen before. It's so easy to navigate and use, i love it!

Cons: NONE!

Other Thoughts: Get this board, i am giving it 5 stars to try to sway the peeps that have read the reviews saying this board sucks or doesnt work. Get it and see for yourself!

Pros: It booted.
Decent OC options in the BIOS.
Able to OC 3770K to 4.6GHz stable cool, quiet with Kraken 60XL water cooling kit.

Cons: Legacy USB2.0 and Sata2, do not want. 8x8 SLI

Other Thoughts: There is nothing extreme about this mobo. It's pretty basic. I would have liked more Sata3 ports and eliminate usb2.0. Having issues trying to get my PC2400 RAM up to speed. Their currently set to 2133, board won't post at 2400. Kraken 60XL Intel bracket does not line up with the holes in this motherboard.

Pros: The setup book very easy to use, along with the UEFI BIOS. The BIOS updates are a snap. Just FOLLOW the instructions. The driver disk and utilities are well worth the time to go through it and load what you want. Super easy to O.C., too.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I bought elsewhere, a "Asus Sabertooth" that was junk right out of the box. I returned it after Asus tech support said to do so. Very disappointed and frustrated with Asus. I lost any faith in them I had and began to look at ASRock, after salesman's advice about "here's one you need to consider". So glad I did, this mobo is way to good for my needs yet, I'm not sorry at all that I bought this. You can't go wrong here. One thing to remember, READ THE BOOK(manual) FIRST. My next build WILL be from the higher line of ASRock products, for sure, although, this might be waaaay down the road from this one.

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Pros: So far the board has done everything I hoped it would do. It's stable while I keep it running for several weeks at a time. I'm currently using it as a desktop and a file server for my XBMC Raspberry Pi's. I have not set up RAID or used a solid state drive for the OS, so startup is a bit slow, but I don't blame that on the board.

Cons: Ever since I started using this board, it occasionally has trouble rebooting. For some reason I either have to wait an hour or so before starting it up or reset the BIOS. I don't really set any BIOS teaks so I've been just using that method when I occasionally have this problem on reboots. When it has this problem it just seems to hang on a black screen before BIOS post. Most of my hardware came off of a previous build with the exception of the G Skill Ripjaws X ram I used and the new Ivy Bridge 3570k processor. All other parts worked without any issues on the previous build in which they were installed. I do not game on this machine and I also have not overclocked it.

Pros: I love this mobo. Its simple and loads everything easily

Cons: Top pci e slot not working anymore

Other Thoughts: When i first got the mobo i hooked my gigabyte 2gb gtx 680 in the top pci e slot and it worked fine for about a week and a half. Then one morning i went to turn my comp on and all i got was a black screen. Ill add that everything is up to date. Ive tried another card and same thing, a black screen. Tried the middle slot and everything works fine. For now anyways.

Pros: my i5 2500K was clocked at 3.8Ghz on my old board, and that was pushing it up to 55C degrees.
I'm able to push my i5 up to 4.2Ghz with no worries, as it hovers around 37C degrees, with this board.

lots of nice features.
was an upgrade, because I needed a PCI 3.0 slot for my new GPU that my old board lacked.

Cons: a couple ports are in odd positions, for the layout of my case, but that's not really enough to take an egg off.

Other Thoughts: I was dumb enough to not install the board's drivers before switching them out, and it caused much frustration. do yourself a favor and don't make the same mistake.

Pros: Booted up into UEFI on first try. Debug is a plus, lovely color scheme, can do both Sli and Crossfire. Instruction booklet is very strait forward. Overclocking is a piece of cake.

Cons: Would have been nice to have black pcb instead of dark brown.

Other Thoughts: This board is great for overclocking, stable @ 4.4Ghz using a 3570K. Have not had any blue screens, very impressed.

Pros: This was my first motherboard purchase in a few years. I was a little worried purchasing since I typically stick with ASUS since I have had no issues with their boards. So far I have been surprised with this board because it is good build quality, looks cool and posted the very first time I fired it up.

The on-board power and reset buttons are awesome. Plenty of room for expansion as well.

Cons: Not really a con, but if you do "install all" on the included driver CD's be aware that it also installs Norton Internet Security, which you may or may not want.