Pros: The board was pretty reasonably priced considering the feature set. Nice to see USB3 on this board. My board stays cool and silent even at full load for several hours using Orthos stress testing. There must have been a driver update since some of these reviews were posted because I get flawless 1080p YouTube streaming and Netflix isn't showing any issues.

Cons: For some reason, Win7 didn't detect the Ethernet driver automatically so I had to download the latest one from ASROCK and load it on there manually before it would work. Not a huge deal but this doesn't seem to happen very often any more.

Overall Review: It's a nice little board capable of doing any general computing or HTPC tasks. This one went in a client's build but I'm thinking about a couple for myself to replace the HTPC and the bedroom media streaming box.

Pros: I used this board to build a HTPC because it was running the Radeon HD 6310 on-board GPU. That GPU is one of a very few on the market that allows bitstreaming of Dolby Digital TrueHD and DTS-MA HD.

Cons: The problem is that it couldn't handle a 1:1 .m2ts BDD rip without stuttering. I know it was the GPU as the CPU was sitting there at ~30% useage while it was stuttering away. I disabled the onboard GPU, installed a stand alone and the problem was solved. Also, the BIOS doesn't support any choice of sleep state, nor does it allow wake from USB. I wouldn't recommend it for use in a HTPC.

Overall Review: ASRock E350M1 40GB OCZ Vertex 2 APEX MI-008 Black Steel Mini-ITX Tower G.SKILL 2GB PC3 8300 RAM

Pros: This is a great little board for the price. - VGA, DVI and HDMI outs - USB3/SATA 6Gb/s (not sure it's that important though) - eSATA - uses very little power - from what I've read, it's better than Atom (but I don't have an Atom build myself)

Cons: These are pretty minor, and some are obvious. - won't play HD MKV files perfectly until after some tweaking (configuring players to use DXVA fixes most problems) - playing HD on youtube/netflix is hit and miss - mostly because of Flash and Silverlight issues. Installing the latest versions of both may help. - not quite fast enough for real-time ffmpeg video transcoding - no USB3 headers on the board, so if you have a case with USB3 ports, you have to use an included adapter, which essentially turns the ports into USB2. The only way you will be using USB3 is via the rear ports. (Again, this is a non-issue, but something to note).

Overall Review: - Board supports 16GB of RAM, but only has 2 slots. 8GB sticks are still pretty rare... but then again so are USB3 devices. Here is my entire build for a (near-silent) $400 media server / htpc: - mobo/cpu: ASRock E350M1/USB3 - case: Silverstone ML03B ( N82E16811163174 ) - ram: Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) low profile ( N82E16820134718 ) - ssd: Intel 320 40GB ( N82E16820167044 ) - hdd: Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB 5900RPM ( N82E16822148725 ) - psu: SeaSonic SS-350SFE 350W ( N82E16817151063 ) - fans: 2x ENERMAX UC-8EB 80mm Case Fan ( N82E16811999199 ) Almost impossible to hear over 2ft away in a silent room.

Pros: I bought this board to serve as a htpc. It can play 720p with no issues and 1080p most of the time. For the price, I cannot complain about the performance. A Windows Vista 64bit setup with 4GB of memory has proved to be the most reliable htpc setup. Works great with my blu-ray drive.

Cons: Out of the box HD video will most likely not work. This is more of a driver issue than a hardware issue, but nonetheless this setup will require some tweaking before HD playback will work. 720p works mostly fine, but I could not get 1080p display to work under the Windows 7 starter, Windows XP 64-bit, and Windows 8 developers edition. Windows Vista 64-bit (and I would assume 7) worked great though - AFTER fully updated. Windows Media Player Classic can display my HD video files with little issues (a few 1080p files will stutter, but overall this is not a major issue). Does not like to boot with external usb hard-drives connected. This can most likely be fixed in the BIOS, but currently it will freeze on the initial start-up post if I leave my external hard-drives connected.

Overall Review: Overall, I am pleased with the board. Getting 1080p to work took some effort, but the board is very capable - just be prepared to put in some hours of updating and tweaking before it is a go. Surprisingly (to me) my blu-ray drive accompanied by blu-ray supported software had no troubles displaying 1080p HD video on my 32" LG HDTV. My main concern for this purchase was whether or not it could display 720p/1080p. It can do both resolutions as long as it is fully updated. Vista-64 bit fully updated with Windows Media Player Classic 64-bit gave me the best results. PowerDVD provided the best playback for my blu-ray drive.

Pros: Excellent little board. Works great for Netflix and Hulu. Using HWMonitor, I've never seen the APU go above 130 degrees F under massive load (ie. StarCraft II). Also I'm using it to play StarCraft II while I fix my desktop. On lowest settings @ 1024x768 with some tweaking within AMD's Catalyst Control Center I can average 40fps in Melee 2v2s and 25-30fps in most custom games. Does fine with Onlive as well.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: I've always wanted to get an ASRock board. This was the perfect price! Antec ISK Series ISK 100 case ASRock E350M1 / USB3 APU/Combo Single DIMM 4GB Gskill DDR3 1333 32GB Corsair SSD. TP-Link 300MB/s N USB Nic

Pros: -Low power -Small size -Good HDMI support -Plays HD material locally (1080i material from Planet Earth & Life is just as good as a BluRay player or my Intel i3 HTPC) This system feels like a real computer, much more so than a dual-core Atom with Intel graphics (I've never used an Atom w/ Ion chipset, so I can't compare). General multi-tasking is not an issue. Portal (1) runs on this thing, although I run at resolutions around 1280x720 instead of full 1920x1080. All comments in ASRock E350M1 product feedback apply here (except for USB3 support, of course). I recommend reading through those as well.

Cons: Cannot play 1080-HD material from internet! - tested with Flash 10.2 via wired network connection - tested with Flash 10.3 via USB wifi-N network connection Flash 10.3 did enable 720-HD material from YouTube, although it was rough during heavy buffering. Hopefully this will be addressed in future driver updates. The fan is louder than it should be. I didn't notice it when I tested this board in a mini-ATX case with vents pointed behind my stereo system (except when being very picky). When I moved it to my Minuet case sitting on top of my stereo rack with vents toward the ceiling the fan became painfully obvious. The taller chipset heatsink makes it difficult to use a 40mm to 60mm fan adapter, too. I will try a low-noise 40mm fan in the coming weeks to address this issue.

Overall Review: Full specs: - ASRock E350M1/USB3 - Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 1333 KVR1333D3/4GR - Samsung SpinPoint 2TB drive - TrendNet USB wifi-N - generic wireless keyboard/mouse - RF remote - powered USB hub - Antec Minuet case (350-W) The whole thing idles at 30-W (including the USB hub), which is phenomenal since the 350-W supply is not ideal at this low power. Standard Netflix looks great. Streaming Battlestar Galactica in HD from Netflix? No luck. I'm using the Silverlight 5 beta, which enables hardware support, but the current settings are not getting the job done. If streaming-HD and serious gaming is not a requirement for you, this is an awesome low-power system (mine idles at 30W). If serious gaming is a requirement, look elsewhere. If HD is a requirement for you, I suggest waiting another month or two for driver and software support to catch up before committing to this system. It is not ready for HD.

Pros: Easy build, no problems whatsoever. Runs fairly cool. 60c during Prime 95 one hour burn-in with case fan on medium. Combo below very low power draw. 2245 on 3DMark 06, 6547 3DMark 03. System running Win XP. No driver issues.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Took less than two hours to build including XP and drivers. CASE ANTEC ISK 300-65 MB ASROCK E350M1/USB3 MEM 2Gx2 GSKILL F3-10666 NBHD 250G WD2500BEKT SLIM DVD BURNERS SAMSUNG SN-S083F/BEBE

Pros: small, good bang for the buck, HDMI out, lots of expandability

Cons: Just that USB doesn't seem to wake up from sleep

Overall Review: Great board - bought it for a home theater PC. Runs OpenElec (XBMC) PERFECT! 1080p is not a problem at all for this guy. my ONLY complaint is that in my opinion, it shoudl not have a CPU fan, but instead a large set of heatsinks... I will probably change that out manually..