ASRock 890FX DELUXE5 AM3+ AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: New Bios is a breeze. The auto overclock and unlock funtion is nearly Automatic. Very Stable overclocks Board layout is well thought out. Northbridge fan is near silent. The new CPU cooler mount works great for better airflow around the processor.

Cons: The southbridge heatsink is pretty small and gets very hot to the touch. The Glamour cover over the SB Heatsink may impair cooling.

Overall Review: The Southbridge does get hot on this board so make sure you have a case with good airflow. The facia cover over the heatsink might be pretty but I would concider taking it off and tossing it back in the box for better cooling. The new bios is very nice. Effortless overclock.

Pros: Onboard buttons for CMOS Clear/Power. USB3 3.5" sled included with adapter for rear panel. Good power management features.

Cons: The rear eSATA port is not actually an independent port. It is switched with one of the internal sata ports. If you mount the eSATA drive, it will BSOD or kick one of your internal SATA drives. If you plan on using all your SATA ports, be wary of this. I've never once used a board from any other manufactured that behaved this way. The eSATA should have it's own channel or controller so that it does not potentially interfere with your internal drives. This kind of cost cutting should not be on a $180 motherboard. Another con is that the onboard PWM fan controller for the CPU fan does not ramp down my fan enough, even at the lowest level. The fan is running at about 80% RPM even with a lower power CPU that barely generates any heat and never goes about 40C.

Overall Review: The board seems stable so far, but there are some quirks that should make people hesitate at spending $180 on this board. If you need the cutting edge AM3+ support, then it might be worth it.

Pros: Fantastic UEFI, The options are limitless. Overclocks CPU very nicely, overclocks RAM very nicely. Very energy efficient. usb 3.0 front pannel, very fast Allows for untied overlcocking, This means you can overclock FSB without touching the CPU, or Boost up the cpu, with out affecting FSB. First board i have owned with this feature, Very VERY VERY AWSOME Plenty of stock NB SB cooling included, but i still placed aftermarket SB cooler. As it was at 35-50*C with stock cooler.

Cons: Adjusting Multiplier is not very clear, but fixed with bios flash 1.40 Strange HD audio header placement RAID is fantastically dysfunctional, Needs to be fixed.

Overall Review: Does post AUXTIN anomaly common with boards with so much crammed on them. State Board is at 196*C at idle, due to wattage overflow to the faulty diode. When under full load will post -196*C I'm guessing this is due to reduced wattage and resistance overflow associated with full proc load. Allows 8 total SATA but has 9 physical ports, It clearly states, in the included manual, the 3rd party SATA controller will shut off intrsata_8, if extsata_9 is plugged in. BUT WHO IN THE WORLD USES 8 internal SATA 6.0 any way, plus one external, Most boards do not even include this many internal ports. I would highly recommend this product to an AMD enthusiast such as myself, Fantastic results, stable overclocks and so many extras.

Pros: AM3+ Bulldozer support, Sata III, 2x16PCI-E and USB 3. New UEFI mousable BIOS. 8+2 Phase Power! Easy overclocking!

Cons: Placement of the USB 3 header means that you most likely will not be able to use it if you populate the 4x PCI-E slot at the bottom of the board.

Overall Review: Solid board just make sure you install all the drivers seperatly. If you use the "Install All" option on the driver CD it will install all drivers plus all the bloatware programs as well.

Pros: Everything is amazing! New UEFI is nice to work with, software utilities all work great, and once you get used to it the instant boot is a fun little feature*. It has all of the features you'd expect, and some that are just nice extras, like external CMOS reset button. Plenty of room for expansion, and the Bulldozer support will be nice for an upgrade in a while.

Cons: Also not worth an egg, this MoBo takes a while to pass it's "POST" phase, about 5-6 seconds.

Overall Review: * The Instant Boot was hard to understand from their website. You run the utility, and then shutdown, the computer restarts, and once it's booted it goes into a VERY low power state. Can't seem to find a plug for the front audio port...

Pros: Feature set and layout of the board are great! Overclocks my Phenom II Hexacore like a champ. Love the placement of front USB and Firewire ports so you dont have to run cables across the board and/or other components. Included USB 3.0 front panel and SSD tray are great. UEFI BIOS is really great and user friendly. Was going to get the Deluxe4 but am glad that I waited for Deluxe5 with UEFI to come out. When HDD's over 2TB are common place this will allow me to install and use all the space available!

Cons: Nothing at the time and I'm a picky person when it comes to my computers!

Overall Review: Not really a complaint but I wish manufacturers would stop including trial software on the support CD. (trial of Norton AV and Cyberlink DVD)

Pros: Excellent feature set for the price and appears to be well ready for the Zambezi chips.

Cons: Putting the bridge fan on is awkward.

Overall Review: I have equipped the board with 4x 4G Mushkin Enhanced Silverline memory sticks as well as 2x XFX 6870 Radeon graphics cards and a Phenom II X6 1090T without issue. It's also worth mentioning that I had noticed no defects with the board when I recieved it -- nor have I experienced any system hangs in the couple of months I've owned it. Also -- more gold then Midas!

Pros: Had no chance to test it yet. Will update as soon as I get a new one.

Cons: This mobo has good reviews, so I feel it's a right time to change my old xfx 8200. After a few days of waiting I've got this motherboard and shortly after I've opened a box I've noticed that one of the sata port is damaged. By closer look I found another damage with speaker pins. For the price of 180$ I felt bad to accept the mobo in that condition. As soon as I've got a new replacement board I noticed the same DAMAGE! the same sata port and speaker ins. And again frustration. My previous experience with ASRock never was that bad. I'm in the process of getting a new one. Thanks to the neweeg client support, they have issued a new RMA.