Pros: For starters, this review is for ASRock review rebate program. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to be honest about it. CPU being used is a 1600x with Samsung B-Die G.Skill CL14 3200 RAM. Pros: -Fantastic Bios, Really ASrock did a wonderful job on this. -Assortment of Bios options. Aside from maybe one area, this thing is overloaded with features. -Board quality, Better than I've had in the past -Plenty of fan headers -Decently cooled for it's size -Good placement of items on the board. Nothing is awkward.

Cons: -Poor overclocking capability. This is the #1 reason why it lost an egg. It indeed overclocks, but it's lacking a lot of fine tuning. You can't modify the LLC, there is just no option in the bios for it. You assume the LLC is set to auto and adjusting, but from my testing, I've just found it works better to just leave everything in auto boosting as trying to manual it doesn't really work. Course this is in a CM Elite 130. There are cooling concerns that limit overclock. I've actually had it downclocking to 3.3Ghz during Handbrake encodes due to heat. Which isn't fault of the board, just the limited cooling.

Overall Review: Ultimately, it's a great board for the price. My main runs a 1700 on a Prime Pro. The Prime only beats this in the LLC overclocking but it is virtually stripped bare in the bios when you compare it to this. ASrock provides a much better bios than the Prime does. Really Asus could provide more bios features on the Prime, but they want you to buy a Hero to get them. An extra $100 for features that ASrock includes standard? Come on. This is something to definitely consider when looking for a new board and one area that ASrock does right.

Pros: -Faster access time than competitors -Adequate speed -Good solid feel to the case -Reads BD and writes DVD/CD as advertised -Works with freeware Blu-Ray player apps, no HDMI needed -Plug in play operation aside from BD video playing -My order finally went through after 10yrs

Cons: -Black plastic case shows grease/oil from hands very easily. -Cyberlink software is so-so. Its not terrible if you have nothing but it is very cluttered in look. -Cyberlink software requires HDMI monitor/etc to run -Drive mounted in tray design. Never been a fan of these but its portable. -Speeds aren't higher, but again, its portable so its not really a con that it can't

Overall Review: Been waiting 10yrs to order from the Egg after a mess with a shipment had my address blacklisted (was Fedex fault but old support wouldn't deal with me). Decided to finally try again and was happy this shipment went through. Now I can bring some business back here for items like this that I can't get many places. Quite satisfied with the drive. Hopefully it will last awhile. It was a toss up between this the internal BD combo. Decided I wanted something for traveling too.

Pros: -Beautiful image quality -Fast response -Good warranty -Dual inputs

Cons: -Tilt capability not as good as previous VX2025 model -Switching between DVI/VGA is problematic...both 2025/2035 seem to share this issue -Monitor casing is cheaper feeling than previous VX2025 -Black quality still not the best

Overall Review: I actually own the VX2025 model which was last years version of this. At the time of purchase I had the option of the 2025 or 2035. I tested both and I went with the 2025 because the difference between the two models was basically case design and response speed. The 2025 was also highly rated in reviews. 2035 at the time hadn't been reviewed much yet.