Pros: Great motherboard for the price and things it offers: AM3/AM2+ boards are getting harder to find. If you have lots of DDR2 and can't afford to jump to DDR3 and an AM3 board (like me) this board is perfect. You can keep your entire dual core system, check to make sure your PSU is powerful enough, swap out your motherboard and CPU with this board and a new AM3 chip, and be up and running with no further upgrade. Then later you can upgrade to DDR3 and a new board, but this gets you on quad core now. Other things I can think of: -ASRock is a division of ASUS, so I like to assume they have somewhat similar quality control. -6 SATA ports, comes with 2 cables with clips that lock on the drive side. -Good IDE port placement for mid/large cases with top mounted drives. -Built on the older, but reliable AMD 770 chipset. -Worked fine with my AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE C3, but needed to be properly configured. See "Cons" for details"

Cons: -In my opinion this boards mounting screws are in weird places, and are not standard ATX (coming from a Core 2 Duo/Intel system with a full 9 risers ATX1-9). There are 7 mounting screws and none near the RAM or IDE so be sure you either put those in before installing the board or support the PCB with your finger when doing so. - Default voltage for X4 955 BE C3 (and possibly other chips) defaults to 1.375 when on "AUTO" in BIOS which causes lock ups on my system. Setting the voltage to 1.350 fixes this. - Make sure your DRAM voltage is right, mine was also overvolted and caused failing in Prime and IBT until properly set from 2.2 to the closest to 2.1: 2.14. The DRAM voltage is in the BIOS under "Chipset" under advanced, funky place right? - There are no diagnostic LEDs or hard reset buttons. - The 770 chipset has no integrated video this isn't really a con for most people, but you should be aware of it.

Pros: great board if you need an AM2+

Cons: PCIE x16 slots and everything is so close together. the box says 6 core ready, but i got the new Phenom II black x6 3.2Ghz thuban and it just so happens my model is the only one not on the cpu compatability list >:C

Overall Review: read into what you buy, call the company to double check things out. its a nice board and it worked but it didnt post because of my cpu (i think) just look hard before you buy. check the bios version on the board (theres a sticker) and match it to the CPU compatibility list before you buy.

Pros: Cheap; and as usual, newegg's amazing delivery times

Cons: DoA. RAID setup is slightly irritating, as it likes to delete the MBRs when defining a new array (be careful!), and doesn't always detect the drives (the raid setup gives no errors when it doesn't find drives... the menu options just don't do anything). The issues below are likely caused by a faulty BIOS chip. * Board would post, but any changes to bios settings would freeze the bios after rebooting, or cause it to not detect any drives until powered off completely first. * Cannot boot into windows; always fails about half way into loading; same issue across several drives. * IDE support spotty at best: the bios detects them arbitrarily, showing one or the other of the drives (never both), or none at all. * BIOS randomly freezes, especially after a soft reboot.

Overall Review: I bought this board as a cheapie to use until I have the money to buy something decent. Its specs are good for the price. I have an AM2+ cpu and 8gb of ddr2 sitting around, and no job, so (: this was perfect. however, it arrived DoA. ASRock responded to my tech support inquiry (very quickly, i might add! Though it was in translated Chinese...) and agreed that it's likely a bad bios chip.

Pros: Came packaged well.

Cons: Does not post. Removed all ram, drives, video card and I can't get any beep out of this mother. I will be sending back for a refund.

Overall Review: Be great if it worked.

Pros: Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase. I was concerned before getting it, but now I'm very satisfied with it. It overclocks pretty well, with a good number of options to control voltages and clock speeds. Things worked 'out of the box' for me.

Cons: The 'instant boot' feature doesn't work very well. It just tries to boot and doesn't. Additionally, the CPU reports the temperature of zero C. I'm not sure what I could be doing wrong there.

Overall Review: Unlike some of the others who have left reviews, I expected this motherboard to not come with screws. I don't remember the last time I had a motherboard that came with stand-off screws. Screws come with you case, not your motherboard. AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE 3.0GHz OC'd to 3.7Ghz MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Crucial Ballistix 2GB OC'd to 510mhz WINTEC AMPX 4GB OC'd to 510mhz EAGLE panther 670w Antec Three Hundred Illusion

Pros: 1. This board has good features for a decent price. Its hard to find AM2/AM2+ motherboards out there since they're being replaced by AM3 so I was lucky to find this board at a decent price. 2. Support for AM3/140W CPU's. This will be helpful later on if you plan to upgrade 3. Core unlocking. This is was one of the reasons I bought this board, which it did without a problem 4. CrossfireX. Even though its 16x/4x you'll still get a performance boost out of it. Although it performs just a bit under a 8x/8x set up I still think it makes the board a bit more future proof than no Crossfire at all 5. Everything worked after installed. Let me just say that I didn't reinstall Windows 7, it automatically identified and installed drivers but I still had to uninstall/reinstall graphics card drivers. I also ran CCleaner for any registry errors (which there were) but after all that it was working like nothing had happened. 6. 4 slots for RAM. Another future proof feature unless you hav

Cons: 1. The screws just like everyone says, because unless you're replacing your motherboard having the standoffs and screws is gonna be a small problem 2. The two PCI-Express 2.0 slots are quite close to each other. I'm currently just running one Powercolor 5770 and although there is room for another one, the space in between them is too close. It wont be a problem for those who have single-slot GPU's though. 3. The placement of the CMOS pins. Its right under the graphics card so if you plan to do some OC, I say be sure you know what you're doing because if you mess up and have to reset the CMOS its gonna be a drag just to do so.

Overall Review: I cant say much about the onboard audio, for I have a dedicated sound card myself but be sure to download the latest audio drivers from the VIA website, dont use the CD! This board hit my sweet spot. The reason I bought this board was to hopefully be one of the lucky ones to unlock a core on my Phenom II Tri Core (which I was :D ) and to bump up the multiplier on my CPU since it was also Black Edition since my other board had the 760 chipset and didnt support for raising multiplier. Also I would've had to spend more for an AM3 board since my CPU is the only AM2+ Phenom II (the 715) plus for DDR3 RAM. I'm planning on Crossfiring my 5770 sometime later in the year (for BF3 maybe) but I'll have to look for a single slot to avoid any overheating problems since I said before that slots are close. My System: Phenom II X4 15 Radeon 5770 2 GB DDR2 800 (will upgrade to 4GB) 80GB SATA HDD ( I know, I need a bigger HD :< ) DVD Burner IDE Audigy SE ..and of course this board

Pros: not counting issues, runs great.

Cons: 1st one was DEAD. Paid $12 to RMA. 2nd one runs BUT no IDE activity (yes the LED works). BIOS / boot screen changes each boot.

Overall Review: Probably my first and last ASROCK board. Ended up being $66 dollars with RMA shipping.

Pros: New mobo with AM2/AM2+/AM3 CPU support with quad DDR2 is rare. Price to performance ratio is great. Decent OC options in BIOS, decent utilities for Windows on included cd.

Cons: Lack of standoff on upper right corner makes attaching the 24pin power cable a little risky, tread lightly and carefully. CPU socket lock was a little stiff at first, had to lock and unlock it a few times (before installing cpu) to get it moving smoothly. Random Soundblaster X-fi utility trial auto installs off of the cd in addition to the onboard VIA HD audio utility... strange. Color scheme: somebody had too much candy the day they ok'd this.

Overall Review: Me likee. Bought for my brother, recycled an old Phenom X4 9850 BE and the system runs like a champ. As mentioned above in Pros, the 24pin cable header is not supported from underneath and requires a steady hand with a keen eye to plug in correctly. DOUBLE CHECK your power connections before writing a "DOA" review for this board. Also, some CPU's may require you to set the core voltage manually, know thy specs.