Pros: This board is great. It fits everything you'd need in an ITX form factor. I built an A10-6800K system around this board for playing basic games and emulator on my 60" TV, as well as being a HTPC, and this system runs flawlessly with these tasks. I haven't added a graphics card to the system yet, I'm waiting for the price to drop on the lower end GTX600 series cards from nVidia. However, the onboard graphcis are very powerful already, so I'm not in a rush. But the option to add a PCI-E x16 card to this board is wonderful. The HDMI-in port is a nice feature to have. Though it won't let you record things from HDMI onto your computer, it is simply a passthrough that lets you connect a second device to your PC and switch between the PC and the other HDMI device. However this was nice because it meant adding the PC effectively didn't take up an HDMI port on my TV. Overclocking was pretty decent as well with this board. I managed to get my a10 stable at 4.6GHz. Having 6 full speed 6Gb/s SATA ports on an ITX motherboard is awesome. Intel doesn't even come close to this, most of their ITX boards only have 4 SATA ports, and only 2 are 6Gb/s. So this is definitely an area where AMD shines.

Cons: The one con I'm going to put here is that the FM2 motherboards do not like G.Skill RAM. I see a few reviews on here saying they received multiple DOA boards, and at least one was using G.Skill RAM. I'm willing to bet they all were. I had the same issue when I first built this computer. Really, you can't fault the motherboards at all because the memory controller is actually on the processor, and it seems these FM2 processors simply do not like G.Skill RAM. I'm going to go as far to say that it is actually an issue with G.Skill and not AMD, because every other memory I've put in this motherboard has works perfectly except my G.Skill RAM. I tested Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, ADATA and they all worked fine. I even went as far as to swap out the processor with an A8-5600K and it didn't like the G.Skill RAM either. I've built several FM2 builds at this point, with ASUS, AsRock, and MSI motherboard and my G.Skill ram has not worked in any of them. So I really can't fault this motherboard for it, which is why I didn't take off an egg.

Overall Review: I'd really like to see AMD release a 6-Core or 8-Core APU with even beefier graphics.

Pros: This board is packed with great options and I have been using ASRrock for the last three builds. This is my second ITX board. I am running the AMD A10-7850K Kaveri in a Cooler Master Elite 130 - Mini-ITX Computer Case. Recognized memory properly everything setup quite easy but there were and are some strange things happing with this build .

Cons: Ok now on to the strange things I'm talking about. First off the Manuel is lacking for info and that seems to be the case with all ASRock motherboards. Raid was a bit weird to figure out but not terrible. I couldn't get windows 7 to load at first even with the raid thumb drive in and loaded with drivers. Windows 8 loaded up fine but I don't want windows 8 on this build. So I started over with win 7 and it went the second time. Next is the driver disk. I hate fighting with ASRock over the Chrome install on the driver disk. I hate Chrome and I know there is a way around this but I paid for the board and I don't expect to have to have some marketing scheme crammed down my throat. Almost as bad as going to a movie theater. But I digress. Upon running install all option it just sits there nothing showing that anything is loading I had to click on the X in the corner to get a prompt asking If I really want to shut app down while its running. The next weird thing was I cant boot up my computer with the Driver disk in the DVD rom. If I do it prompts me to install a floppy disk with SATA drivers or something to that effect. Select Y or N. Either selection says to reboot and then the same loop. So when it restarts to continue the driver install I have to pull the disk between every reboot. Its weird that I haven't seen this problem with anyone else on this review board. So I assume I just have some strange setting off or something. Tried Bios default still same thing.

Overall Review: The only reason tor Two stars off is for the problems stated above and the Google Chrome sales pitch. Other than that I still love the way the board runs.

Pros: The most convenient UEFI for a FM2+ MITX I ever laid my hands on. Updating it is a walk in the park! Kudos for the extra TLC on the motherboard software! Overclocks an A10-7850K like a champ! Runs stable on all the stress tests I throw at the it for extended periods! Overclocks RAM to 2400 mhz speed with ease! The wifi/bluetooth card that came with it ran the first time & still going strong. The build in audio chipset will satisfy most audiophiles including myself.

Cons: The MOSFETs don't have heatsinks & can get really hot like others already mentioned. So overclocking it with the required higher voltages all the time is not recommended but people with common sense already know this. The I/O shield from hell... The tabs as well as the insulated padding blocked the HDMI slots the first time I installed it. Had to bend the tabs a little & tucked the padding to the side for a perfect fit. Not to mention it is also where you mount the antenna connectors that comes off easy unless tightened properly. That antenna made me laugh at least, for a modern motherboard it looked so ghetto. The transistors under the board, good thing my water cooler backplate had paddings so it had enough clearance for them. Flexes if you put a beefy GPU &/or a CPU cooler on it. The front audio connector is located really close to the PCI-E slot, if you have a GPU installed it can literally pinch the wires if you don't route it well.

Overall Review: For the budget minded yet expects performance crowd, it's a clear choice vs the other FM2+ MITX motherboards currently out. That I/O shield is a maximus pain in the gluteus maximus & minimus. Antenna works fine but come on ASRock, I know you guys can do it better than this! Adding support where the stress spots are to prevent it from flexing too much, a non-conductive insulated padding would be great! I will use this board again for my clients, highly recommended.

Pros: None

Cons: UPDATE: After updating to the newest BIOS from Asrock support (this means all the way through the update, including it telling me it was successfully installed and rebooting), it no longer boots, posts or otherwise works. I can't hear any beeping, no post on vga or hdmi, and a couple of weeks after initially emailing asrock support I have not heard anything back... The IOMMU present in the bios/southbridge is flawed and does not work. This means this entire computer build based around the motherboard is useless... IOMMU support is advertised, but it does not work and is completely useless even with the latest BIOS update. This has wasted hundreds of my dollars, and now I need to return and my processor, motherboard, and new mini-itx case because Asrock is advertising features that don't work at all. Look up IOMMU if you don't know how important it is for efficient, effective, vm's.

Overall Review: Update: After trying to contact Asrock customer support for multiple issues, I have found that there is none. Buyer beware, they won't help you when something goes wrong. I can't find any other decent mini-itx amd fm2+ motherboards with IOMMU for running virtual machines. So even if I return this mobo, I won't be able to use this mini-itx case I got for it seeing as I will have to get a larger mobo (obviously not an Asrock as the advertised features don't work).

Pros: A lot of high performance features that make me wish they made a cpu better than the A10-7870k! Asrock seems to be the kings of amd apu motherboards.

Cons: Overall none. Wifi is only N but can be upgraded. The apu fan control is ok and can be fine tuned. Might be more of an issue with the actuall APU (A10-7870k) being hot or the fan the quite suited for the APU.

Overall Review: This board shames other itx boards and rivals atx ones for features. Just awestruck on how feartured packed this board is.

Pros: This little guy has been installed in 2 separated computer cases now. (Not recommended), but it has been pulled out of those cases for cpu changes, upgrades, rebuilds, etc at least 4 times, and has held up really well. I like it's look. I like it's wireless. & I like it's abilities.

Cons: No specific cons with the motherboard itself, just with placing certain wires into it. As stated in my previous comment I just hated how the front panel function wires went in, but that's the same with all PC cases & motherboards.

Overall Review: I have not have a problem with the hd audio wires I managed to fit them in with my graphics card just fine. Now that I clearly know what I'm doing I can see that this motherboard is better then I original thought. Thank you ASRock for the support.

Pros: Worked without a fuss Comes with a tuner and hdmi input and a built-in wifi adapter. Comes with BIOS that supported my a10-7800. Overclocks really nice.

Cons: The RAM sockets are a bit weird, they only clip on one side, so instead of push in until click, you slide in to click. The RAM setup became an aggravating touch to the motherboard as when I first set it up I got a black screen and thought that the BIOS didn't accept my a10-7800, but reseated the RAM and it worked all fine. While setting up the tuner in its msata port, I had some issues with the antennas. The antennas attach to the tiny card with a super tiny connector with no support holding the card up, so I got the angle a bit off and couldn't get the connector on until I heard a crunch and bent the msata card. It was my fault, but a support backing on the card to hold it up might prevent some derpy mistakes.

Pros: A lot of features crammed into a mini-ITX footprint.

Cons: Bluetooth range is about 2 feet or so.

Overall Review: I uninstalled and reinstalled the BT drivers several times because I couldn't get this Asrock board to discover my BT keyboard. Knew it wasn't a keyboard problem because it worked fine with the old computer I was updating, and it was also showing up in device searches for my BT phone and tablet. I set the keyboard down to stomp around in frustration, and looked up to see the PC had discovered it. Picked it up to pair it, and it wouldn't pair. Finally realized that it was a range issue, and the keyboard had to be almost touching the PC case. More than about a keyboard-length away, and the BT connection drops! This is an HTPC build and I want to use the keyboard from the couch, 8 feet away. So far, that's not working for me.