Joined on 09/20/04
Pros: Good layout, pretty good documentation, mostly supports my E8400, external BIOS reset switch
Cons: Requires too many BIOS resets, doesn't completely support my E8400, can't turn off splash screen
Overall Review: I took a gamble and bought this to go with an E8400. According to abit's site it is supposed to support Wolfdale chips since BIOS 1.2, but the compatibility chart now says it doesn't support E8400 (or E8500 or E8200). It boots fine and runs XP, but reports that the CPU temp is 1 degree. I really wish I could turn off the boot splash screen.
Stable but...
Pros: It boots quickly and is stable. It was cheap. It has the features I need.
Cons: This is a mATX layout with two PCI slots added to the bottom. Compare it to a BOXDH67BLB3. So everything is crammed together at the top. The memory is too close to the CPU and to the graphics card. A long two-slot graphics card blocks one of the SATA ports and one of the two PCIe slots (why did they give it 3 PCI anyway)? I can only get into the BIOS if I shut it down and hold down the power button when I restart. The BIOS fan control is primitive and for some reason won't let me modify the fan speed on my front fan (which is identical to my rear fan).
Overall Review: I got this bundled with an i7-2600K at a discount straight from Intel. I wouldn't have bought it otherwise. I haven't tried overclocking it.
Runs at 3200 MHz, even in a system only rated for 2933 MHz
Pros: I'm using this memory in an ASRock DESKMINI A300W with a Ryzen 3 3200G. Even though the system officially supports only up to 2933 MHz, the memory is running fine at 3200 MHz. I've always had good results with Crucial memory.
Cons: Memory with a shorter CAS latency is not much more expensive.
Overall Review: I recommend Crucial memory, especially if reliability is important. I'm put this memory in my mother's computer, so I want it to be reliable.
Great for a low-power file server
Pros: - Uses little power - Has four SATA ports - Works perfectly with Linux
Cons: - Doesn't accept DC power, so I had to buy a PICO PSU
Overall Review: This board has been running 24/7 in my file server for over a year, only getting rebooted when I upgrade my Linux kernel. The four SATA ports means I can use two for my RAID 1 data drives (shucked 8 TB WD whites) and one for an old SSD as boot/system drive. I just wish there was a version of this board that accepted DC power. It replaced an ASRock Q1900DC-ITX that did.
Incompatible with the PC I bought it for
Pros: It works fine in my ASRock J3455-ITX based system, even paired with non-matching memory.
Cons: It does not work at all in the Celeron 3965U based mini PC I bought it for. I just get 3 beeps indicating "memory error" and no boot. This system works just fine with Crucial memory taken from the J3455 system.
Overall Review: It is probably fine memory, just not compatible where I want to use it.
Full speed with ASRock X470 Master SLI/AC
Pros: Runs at 3200 in my ASRock X470 Master SLI/AC and Ryzen 2700x even though it isn't listed as compatible.
Cons: Price drop since I bought it.
Good experience
goHardDrive sent me exactly the drives I expected, quickly and well packaged, at a very good price. I would definitely buy from them again.
Great, but no manufacture's warranty
They shipped the promised watch quickly. Note that they provide their own warranty, not the manufacturer's warranty because they are not an authorized seller.