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Brandon H.

Brandon H.

Joined on 11/08/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great Board despite negative reviews

ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This thing has all the bells and whistles for the overclocking enthusiasts. POST LEDs. This things are way helpful when adding new components that might be DOA. The reset BIOS button. Handy when overclocking. Having 2 BIOS chips. Easy switching from overclocking config to non overclocking config. ROG connect feature. Tons of room.

Cons: Mine arrived DOA like much of the others that have posted negative reviews but I'm not an douch and understand sometimes there's a bad board in the batch. I too have had USB 2.0 devices plugged in the USB 3.0 port problems. I haven't updated my BIOS to the most recent so that might fix but I don't know. Installing the USB 2.0 bracket that the MoBo came with fixed that issue.

Overall Review: Lost one egg for the USB and DOA problems. ASUS was more than helpful and so was newegg like always. For those of you that have the USB problems just update the BIOS like ASUS says to do. I read someone complaining about the BIOS update process!?!?! It's the easiest thing to do. Download the file. Reboot. Get into the BIOS. Click the update BIOS tab. Browse for the file. Update the BIOS. DUR!!!!

Most Critical Review

DOA or something... CPU_LED and DRAM_LED light up and that's it.

ASUS H170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel H170 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS H170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel H170 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -Looks cool -Would be nice it it worked...

Cons: -Doesn't POST

Overall Review: - EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 06G-P4-6163-KR, 6GB GDDR5 - Intel Core i5-7600 Kaby Lake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80677I57600 Desktop Processor - CORSAIR CX-M series CX750M 750W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Modular Power Supply - SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW - G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2133C15D-16GVR Looks like others have had issues like this. The first two LEDs light up but then nothing after that. I really like ASUS motherboards and products and this is my first bad experience with ASUS. I wanted this to work and it's too bad it didn't. I'll change my review when if we can get this working through ASUS or Newegg's support.

Write Protected Problem

Rosewill RCR-IC002 - 74-in-1 Internal Card Reader with USB 2.0 Ports & Extra Silver Face Plate - Fits 3.5" Drive Bay
Rosewill RCR-IC002 - 74-in-1 Internal Card Reader with USB 2.0 Ports & Extra Silver Face Plate - Fits 3.5" Drive Bay

Pros: Works for non SD cards

Cons: Doesn't work for the most common of cards. SD cards put in here say that they're write protected. It seems that is'a common problem with this card.

Awesome

Swann HD SportsCam Compact High Definition Video Camera w/ 1280 x 720p Resolution & Up to 32ft Waterproof
Swann HD SportsCam Compact High Definition Video Camera w/ 1280 x 720p Resolution & Up to 32ft Waterproof

Pros: The ability to access the sd card directly like an sd card reader through the camera is a plus for me. I hate cameras that are in some weird format or require some software to view the videos or pictures. 720p video Waterproof (up to 32 feet, so no scuba diving but snorkeling is fine) All the different attachments that it comes with for different activities that you can do with it. The awesome witty manual: Here is an actual quote under the instructions of the water resistant cap, "The cap is, as its name suggests, water resistant. It will provide some protection against rain, droplets, splashes and so on. It'd work in the shower, for example, if you wanted to record and then show off your awesome soaping up skills." The fact that it takes micro SD cards is awesome. Rather than trying to find a computer to dump the files onto you can just pop in another micro SD card. Supports up to a 32 GB micro SD card. Price: I got it for only $82 off newegg. Overall...Awesom

Cons: An adapter to be able to also play movies on a TV would be nice. Rated for deeper depths would also be nice.

Overall Review: I haven't had it long enough to see if it continues to work. I'll be sure to add another review if it does break or is bad quality but so far so good. The price might have gone up since I bought it but hey...

Wonderful

Intel Core i7-2600K - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600K
Intel Core i7-2600K - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600K

Pros: Unlocked for overclocking, Hyper Threading, Turbo Boost. Pure awesomeness in a little box! This thing is so snappy. It's like it opens programs before I even click on them!

Cons: NONE!

Overall Review: ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 OCZ Vertex 3 Series – MAX IOPS Edition VTX3MI-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 240-Pin Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 with 7.1 Surround Sound Logitech G9X Programmable Laser Gaming Mouse with Precision Grips Logitech G510 Black 18 Function Keys USB Wired Gaming Keyboard