Joined on 12/03/05
Works as advertised
Pros: I installed a 120gb intel ssd and 4gb or ram. I was a bit worried when my wife told me she was going to install photoshop after i already purchased it. Photoshop loads and runs flawlessly even on this lightweight celeron. I have mounteded it to the back of the monitor. Keep in mind, she doesn't do any gaming, just office work and photoshop stuff. It works perfectly for what I bought it to do.
Cons: Wireless range is a bit weaker than average, but that isn't a deal breaker for me.
Exactly what I expected - a solid board all around.
Pros: OC functions are pretty straightforward. Since this board has been released, there have been a few bios updates that helped me get my ram to at least 2667 mhz. My 1700x is OCed to 3.9 ghz and hasn't had any issues. I like the m.2 wifi card that is included, very handy. Overall a very solid quality board. I've always been pretty pleased with ASRock boards.
Cons: My 3000 mhz ram won't go above 2667 mhz even when playing with the timings and voltage. These are known issues across a variety of board manufacturers and ram vendors. That being said the latest Bios update helped a bit, and they seem to be rolling out pretty fast with improvements with each update.
Great with DD-WRT
Pros: You get gig switching and 802.11n for under $60, and it has the ability to flash to DD-WRT.
Cons: Flashing to DD-WRT requires doing a tftp transfer from windows command prompt. Not a big deal for me, but might be a no go for users who are intimidated by the command line. Also, with only 16mb of RAM, DD-WRT will lag a bit in responsiveness if you are trying to actively monitor bandwidth usage while doing a full throttle file transfer between two pcs.
Overall Review: I'm a network engineer, so maybe I'm a bit too forgiving with this review because I can generally get just about anything that will run DD-WRT to work the way I want it to. Others might not be as successful.
Pros: Works just fine for my small home network (A laptop and a desktop).
Cons: I have had a few issues here and there with the wireless signal, but nothing major