ASRock 939Dual-VSTA 939 ULi M1695 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Overall Great board. I used this to budget upgrade my wife's old 3000+XP barton so she could run a 939 without needing a PCI vid card and DDR2 memory. Running a Athlon 64 4200 this thing rocks. Easy setup, no problems, and Ive tried both a PCI and AGP card. Both work great. If you are looking for a cheaper upgrade... this is it!!!

Cons: None yet. Manual is a little plain, but if you've ever done any building before this board is easy to read and the manual does have all the basics like pin layouts etc.

Overall Review: I was kind of nervous ordering this because of the mixed reviews but its been great.

Pros: I purchased 2 of these. One I have had for over a year. Great went from AGP to PCI. Running a X2 3800+ Can still go to AM2 with expansion board.

Cons: They no longer make these boards. I emailed the company and was told they are out of production. I have seen a few on the internet but they was too much $$$$ for them.

Overall Review: This was a really cool board and nice chipset. Too bad its days have been numbered. Hoepfully the chipset will continue to survive. I see New Egg has these still listed as out of stock. Now does this mean they will be getting more in???? If not please take them off your web site. I would like to purchase another one and seeing it on your site out of stock is nothing but a tease.

Pros: It was easy to return.

Cons: This board was DOA. The premise seemed cool, to be able to use my old AGP video card (a radeon X800).

Overall Review: No matter what components I tried to match to this board, it wouldn't post. All I got was fans spinning up. I assembled it with a new power supply, tried 3 different sticks of ram, 2 different video cards, and a brand new CPU. Nada. Save yourself the time and don't bother with this.

Pros: Setup was very easy. Has some nice features such as 7.1 audio, APG and Pci-E, (that way I can use my xfx 6800gt that still works better than any online comparison really gives credit) then later I can get a new video card in Pci-E. 4 ram slots are very nice as well. The price! Who can complain about a low price tag? This thing works better than expected.

Cons: Only two fan headers! Should be at least three! Come on! But I just use the 4 fan connector that came with my GPU cooler. ---Not everyone reviewing leaves their system specs. This can be very valuable! Here they are. Asrock MB, duh. Athlon 64 4000 (with stock cooling), XFX 6800gt, 1GB ram (generic), Maxtor 120GB HD. All the rest is unimprotant. (121fps CS:S stress test with settings cranked [that's not a con though])

Overall Review: This is a value board. Remember that, don't expect this board to do as much as a top of the line board! (it does work VERY, very well though) Asrock 939 dual-vsta will give you plenty of performance! If you are going to complain about 5-10fps slower, then spend three times the money on a top of the line board, but you know what, you can't see the difference at 100fps!! The floppy connector is a long way off, but hey just don't use it! Who needs a floppy drive anymore? Hook it up outside the case when/if you EVER need it. ---Remember you will probably have to re-install your OS. Operating Systems don't really like hardware getting swapped around, especially not the MotherBoard and CPU! ---It seems to have pretty good OC capabilities for the price range. This is very stable if configured right, so don't get worked up if it does not work on your first try.

Pros: Good overclocking, real AGP and PCIEx16, high performance

Cons: none for the price

Overall Review: This is the same 939Dual-SATA2 board that received hundreds of positive feedback, do not believe the negative feedback below. Only differences are the upgraded soun and some small changes in the BIOS. The performance is equivilant to NForce4 boards without SLI. The AGP port is not a crippled AGP implementation, it is the real one just as the PCIEx16 port. I use the SATA2 port with a 250GB Samsung drive, the performance is top grade. Additionally, HD sound (CMedia for Vista compliance) is also very good. I have installed 2GB DDR (2x512 Ballistix + 2x512 Hyperx) memory running as DDR433, an A64 X2 3800+ (overclocked to 2600 GHz), and an ATI X800XL 256MB AGP card. All are working very well. I repeat, this is a very good board, do a Google search for "939Dual SATA2" and "939Dual VSTA" and see.

Pros: I bought this board so I could continue to use an ATI 9800XT AGP video card. With two SATA 1.5 drives, Athlon 3700, and Win XP, this board boots and responds faster than any system I have had. From power ON to logon screen is <30 seconds. SATA helps, as this system loads faster than my son's, which is Duel-Core Athlon, but IDE. Should be even better with SATA 3.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I would recomend it, and wouldn't mind getting another.

Pros: Only board with true PCI-E and AGP. Smoking hot overclocking features. Nice price.

Cons: The IDE ports are all the way on the bottom of the board, and my drives are at the top. Not ideal, but minor.

Overall Review: I currently have a AMD 64 2400+ running at 2.74gz with a core temp of 29c with air cooling and narry a crash in sight. More good CPU then board, but this board really brings out the outstanding overclockablility of the AMD chips.

Pros: Offers both socket 939 and socket AM2 which is great if I ever want to upgrade. Also has AGP and PCI Express if you ever plan on changing graphics cards.

Cons: Wish it came with the piece to attach to use socket AM2 which retails for 40 bux. Also the SATA card is ULI based and would be nice if it was VIA which is a much better chipset.

Overall Review: Its a good price for your money. Im not sure why this mobo is called dual-Vsta, I would call it dual upgrade, as its awesome for people ever planning on upgrading there CPU or Graphics card and dont want to change the motherboard.