Joined on 09/24/05
Love This Board
Pros: Everything about this MB is great! I've purchased 2 of these in the past month and I love everything about them. Both boards are setup with a 400w Power Supply, A10-5800K APU and 8GB DDR3-1866 memory. Windows 7 experience ratings: CPU: 7.3 Ram: 7.4 Graphics: 6.9 Gaming Graphics: 6.9 The UEFI Bios is easy to follow and even easier to setup for proper memory timings, etc. It also has easy, painless bios updates direct from the internet. I did both boards after setting up Window 7.
Cons: It doesn't make coffee.
Overall Review: The first one of these that I purchased was for a customer that wanted a budget PC that would play games. He's thrilled to death that he can play all of his games on their highest settings without a separate video card. This has become my go-to motherboard for budget PCs. Great job ASRock! If I could give 10 stars I would!
Good But...
Pros: Great picture Easy setup
Cons: Cameras record multiple files for each event. Exported MP4 files are compressed too much.
Overall Review: I made the mistake of replacing our video surveillance system before completely testing this system. While the picture on screen is fantastic, the exported MP4 files have too much compression resulting in blurred images. And the cameras record multiple files for each motion event resulting in up to 20 recordings of the same event. When I contacted LaView support, they said the recorder might be defective and offerred to replace it. That would be great, except that would leave me with no video security while the exchange takes place. When I asked if the firmare version would be different than the version in the DVR we have now, and if it's possible to update the firmware all communications from the support department stopped. The firmware question was because if the firmware wasn't newer than what we had, the same problem would happen again. And the update question was to avoid the need to send the DVR back. So while I'm going to keep the DVR, I'm taking 2 eggs off for support dropping the ball and the cons listed above.
Good But Some Minor Problems
Pros: The fastest tablet I've owned yet. Excellent resonse and the few games I've tried are fantastic.
Cons: I would have given 5 stars, but the tablet will not update to Android 4.3. It always stops at 200mb and gives a checksum error. I've tried resetting the tablet, and clearing data as suggested on the EVGA site with no difference. The download still stops at 200mb and errors out. When I called EVGA support I was told to check with Nvidia since they are the ones that push the updates. Their forum has several reports of the same thing happening with no reply. So I guess I'm stuck with 4.2.
Absolutely Perfect
Pros: This rack makes swapping drives simple. I've used it many times since I first installed it and it's a breeze. Dismount the drive, hit the power button and pop out the drive. It's that simple. The fan does a good job of keeping the drive cool.
Cons: None
Overall Review: I won't put a hard drive inside a case any more. I always use racks like this to make drive changes simple.
Great Drive
Pros: Easy setup, it was picked up properly by XBMCBuntu without any problems. Lightning fast boot time. From Bios display to XBMC main screen in less than 7 seconds.
Cons: None
Overall Review: This drive has been running the operating system for an HTPC since January 2013 and it hasn't missed a beat yet.
Good but don't be fooled
Pros: This is a good case. The cable routing is sufficient for most needs and provides a nice clean look to the finished product. Routing of the front panel cables can be done and worked quite well. More than enough fans to keep your system cool. If you want more fans, you can install 2 more on the cover.
Cons: The one thing I noticed BEFORE I ordered is this case DOES NOT have 4 external 5.25 inch bays. If someone isn't paying attention, they could get burned. And despite what the video says, you can't use the bay behind the front panel controls. At least I see no reasonable way of using it. So, 1 egg off for the mis-information in the description.
Overall Review: If you don't need that 4th bay, I would recommend this case.