ASRock Z77 Pro4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: i bought 2 of these to build for me and my wife and both work great with no issues.

Cons: none

Pros: I purchased this board when they had a bundle with this and Gskill ram 8gb ddr3 1600 free with it. Awesome budget board, UEFI is very easy to navigate. I was able to flash the bios prior to installing Windows within the UEFI screen. Excellent OC options and very easy to configure.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Recognizes most if not all RAM as DDR3 1333 at first until you manually set it to whatever speed your RAM is. Not a big deal just set it manually and it will run great.

Pros: Price
Features
Looks (not that it matters to me)

Purchased 5/20/2012 and worked flawlessly from then until yesterday.

Cons: Didn't even make one year. Disappointingly yesterday, I pressed the power button and nothing at all. I could still turn the num lock LED on my keyboard on off, but after trying everything (testing power switch, testing PSU and all other connected components, CMOS clear) could not persuade it to fire up.
Very disappointed, have had many ASRock boards over the years, and always been impressed, the oldest one (an AM2 board) still in service in the living room machine which stays on 24/7.

Other Thoughts: Have sent support email through ASRock's website, which upon completion tells you to contact the vendor through which you purchased it. Will do that ( though I'm sure since it's outside of the 30day period since purchase, they will tell me to contact ASRock) and will update this once I've been through the replacement process.

This is a 5 Star board while working, knocked 3

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Sorry to hear that the mainboard has malfunctioned after 11 months of use which’s due to nature of electronic product, it can happen. Please update the feedback for replacement mainboard is working fine. If you have any technical questions or warranty issues please contact our Tech Support at 909-590-8308 or http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.

Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: - Comes with a few nice features
- Decent BIOS and easy overclocking
- Hasn't bent/warped from my large NH-D14 heatsink

Cons: - RAM slots 1 and 2 are defective. Only #3 and #4 work. This makes it impossible to run my memory in Dual-Channel.

Pros: Cheap board with a lot of usb and sata.

Cons: This board was the center of all the problems with my build. The biggest issue being that one of the PCI-E slots is bad. It took my so long to catch that.... >.<

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize that you having difficulty with mainboard.
For the PCIE slot issue, please reseat the VGA card to assure card is fully contact with the slot and VGA power connectors.
Test with another known good VGA card.
Set the PCIE link speed to Gen1 at BIOS, Advanced, North Bridge Configuration, PCIE link speed [Gen1].
If you have any technical questions or warranty issues please contact our Tech Support at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.

Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: I paired this board with an I5-2380p - overclocked to 4.0
Added a OCZ Vertex 4 SSD
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB - 1600
and a Radeon 6670
Cheap build with screaming performance.
Passmark bench test came out with the other top I5 builds.

Best thing is - boot up - from cold start to where I'm working - 30 seconds. This Board gets a big chunk of that credit.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Great performance on a budget. If your not going to run dual graphic cards, why pay for it?

Pros: -love the BIOS utility and ease of OC'ing
-seems like good construction
-ASRock support is pretty speedy

Cons: Integrated LAN did not work properly. It would work for about 20 minutes after booting up the system, then it would slow down dramatically and then would not work at all. I tries on multiple OS instalations and with different driver versions. RMA's the unit and purchased the Extreme6 instead.

Other Thoughts: I suggest forking out the extra cash for the Extreme4 or Extreme6, as they have Broadcom integrated LAN. I have always had problems with Realtek and I don't know how I missed the fact that this board uses Realtek before I purchased it.

Pros: Nice, stable mobo, no problems so far

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Great mobo... I used this for my first build with an i5 3570k instead of going with a Gigabyte.. Happy about my decision. Loved the UEFI BIOS. Will definitely go with ASRock in my next build.. whenever that is..

Pros: Price was ok

Cons: Erratic. USB and hard drive issues

Other Thoughts: I will not buy an asrock product again. I am having tremendous issues with this product. USB works, then doesn't. My mouse just shuts off. Hsrd drive.. same issues.. it works, then will not be recognized on a reboot..... have replaced the power supply.. and hard drive does work in another computer... this is nuts. I bought an asrock a while ago.. and was not happy then.. this seals the deal for me... Gigabyte always was good to me.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize that you having difficulty with mainboard. For the issue, please set the UEFI BIOS default.
Plug the USB mouse to another USB 2.0 port (black) to check if the symptom still occurs.
For the hard drive, plug the drive on Intel SATA3_0 port.
Try with another known good SATA cable and hard drive.
If you have any technical questions or warranty issues please contact our Tech Support at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.

Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: I've been running this motherboard for over a month now without any hiccups.
-Stable
-Overclockable
-One of the easiest boards to assemble
-Price is probably better than most Z77 boards
-I like the BIOS
-Free 8GB of RAM and upgradable to 32 GB
-Nice of them to include SATA cable

Cons: Minor gripes:
-Static bag was not properly sealed with sticker. Made me think it was a refurb thrown in a bag.
-Front case LED lights - the only time I needed to check the manual was to figure out where to plug them in and when I did get it right it doesn't work. Not a big deal to me.
-Very thin - when you install your heat sink for your CPU, you almost think you're going to break the mobo.
-Maybe some standoffs to be included also if you're including a SATA cable

Other Thoughts: Overall, I like this board and it has most of the features you want in a Z77 board without paying for all the bells and whistles in a $200+ board. Thus it's one of the better boards for Price vs Performance.

Not sure how some others get a bent CPU pins when there's a plastic piece covering the pins and not sure how some are getting DOA boards other than shocking it by accident. Here's a hint: leave the mobo in the styrofoam and install your components (CPU\heatsink and RAM) and then transfer it into the case and plug everything else in. Simple.

If you're the type that wants a install it and forget type of mobo but want features where you can still upgrade and enhance performance to your computer a year or years from now - then this is it. If you wish to tweak your settings and overclock and increase the end of life on your computer - then look elsewhere.
Good job on this one Asrock.