Pros: - quiet - supports the new APU's - 2 NVME slots (1 ultra, 1 m2) - reasonable pricing

Cons: - currently, on bios P4.60, with a R5 2400G and using the onboard graphics, the U2 slot seems to be disabled. I can detect and boot from the same drive in the M2 slot. The docs note that the U2 slot should be at PCI 3 Gen2 speeds with R5 2400G, but not that it should be disabled. I happened to have new 2 drives (Samsung 960 Evo), and verified the same condition.

Overall Review: - Definite recommend for any use with the full Ryzens, should be no issues with the u2 slot - Hint, buy an NVME to use with U2 slot, it's amazing on these for performance.

Pros: drop in replacement on a B550 motherboard for a 6 core 3xxx ryzen and graphics card under $300 to upgrade works great with my existing DDR4 3600 65W total power for the cpu and graphics 1080P moderate gaming no issue at all Newegg had it in stock on release day, and I had it the day after my order!!

Cons: - had to update 2 bios setting to enable the onboard video (not unexpected) - wants fast DDR4 3200+ - doesn't provide PCIe x4 slot (for a budget unit without a graphics card, not an issue) - haven't checked but probably needs MB capable of supporting a standard Ryzen 5xxx

Overall Review: I would recommend this to anyway who needs video capability for moderate systems and doesn't want to pay $300+ just for ANY graphics capability. Anyway looking to build a budget system now could also use this as base to cut costs with the ability to later add in a better graphics card This also looks like a good option for low power system- at 65W draw for both the cpu and gpu it doesn't low power hungry, and unlike the 35W version, this is a available Lastly, this is a good for any mini-itx setup- with no graphics card, your system will be less hot and cramped. Could make an argument for the 5700G in some cases, but not sure that the extra $100 would be worth it.

Pros: - supporting 2 M2 drives, one at Ultra speeds - quiet - no OS failures at all

Cons: - you'll want to put your m2 drives first- it's really tight once anything else is attached - the m2 screws are tiny and not the same sizes for the 2 different slots

Overall Review: benchmarked the Samsung Evo 960 NVME drive at 1400MB/s Write and 3200MB/s read on the ultra m2 slot. Weee!! It's been a completely painless experience with a fresh windows 10 Pro install Would definitely recommend

Pros: Supports G.skill 2400 DDR (N82E16820231666) (for a single stick anyways) at 2400 spd. using the XMP settings in the Bios Superior bios, you can even drop and drag drive icons to set the boot order. Only needs a 4 pin MB connector from the power supply. Designed for "mom" systems with simple sound, fewer USB3, and only 6 SATA6 port. <grin> Pair it up with a fast A6-5400k and DDR3 2400 for a cheap effective windows 7 system upgrade for those old XP boxes that don't need to be XP.

Cons: Bought 3 of these, 1 had physical damage to the board (still in box, no shipping damage, this was original vendor issue). The damaged one would boot, but had no ethernet and wouldn't support the DDR2400 stick. I need to RMA that board, but would have no issue with a good replacement.

Overall Review: The MSI E35 micro atx has 1 PCI-e 16x, 6 SATA6 ports, 2 USB3 ports (and a header) and stereo sound. The MSI E45 micro atx variant has 2 PCI-e 16x, 8 SATA ports and 4 USB3 ports + header for a reasonable amount more. If you're on a dime or building for mom, the E35 is fine. For yourself or with any kind of upgrade plans, get the E45 variant. I wouldn't run this without an SSD, even for mom. Buy a new 120GB ssd and reuse her old hard drive for extra space and someplace for backups of the ssd.

Pros: USB3, sata3 2 PCIe V2 x16 physical slots running solid with Windows 7 PRo x64 decent price

Cons: the second PCIe slot only has 4x electrical, so you're only gonna get 2GB/s on the second card in a crossfire setup. Won't be an issue for most people, as this a value board

Overall Review: works with Opensuse 11.3.