ABIT Fatal1ty F-I90HD LGA 775 ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Graphics, four ddr slots, core quad capable

Cons: bad bios out of box; took a while to find the correct web site to update the bios

Overall Review: go to http://www2.abit.com.tw/ to find the right bios, drivers, etc.

Pros: Have everything you need for HTPC in mATX form. I was mainly interested in digital audio output & HDMI, dual channel memory, & future support for upgrades.

Cons: No firewire.

Overall Review: It took me six hours to get it to work. Installing Vista crashed after the initial screen. Tried different methods mostly BIOS settings/changing video card and still didn't work. Even tried to install XP Pro and still crashed. I saw a lot of people warning about the memory low voltage issue but since I already had the correct memory modules it can't be that problem. Finally I decided to do one last thing which I should have done in the beginning which was to update the BIOS to most recent version (14). After that Vista installation was a breeze. Now it's working and rocking.

Pros: Really nice feature set. Ummm...

Cons: Had to RMA a second board in less than 5 months, not cool. First got the long beeps of death. Second didn't do dual channel, then the no beeps of death. Sigh.

Overall Review: I really wanted to like this board and I ignored the warnings and took a chance. Not smart. There are some things to like, but quality control keeps me from giving it higher than a 2.

Pros: Worked while it worked.

Cons: This is the second board I've had die with the exact same problem.The keyboard sections of these motherboards are faulty.Now it's past the RMA deadline so I have to deal with Abit.(Oh joy!)

Overall Review: My review update was premature.The board died about an hour after I wrote the updated review.These boards are BAD!Stay away and don't waste your time and money like I did.

Pros: Comes in a nice fancy box setup. Board is sweet, installed without a hitch. Driver worked great (granted I did get the latest Vid version from ATI instead of using the factory supplied, but that's habbit)

Cons: HDMI adapter had no way of locking in to the slot, thus once the adapter is added to it is places a lot of stress on the port where it shouldn't be. Buy a HDMI-Male to DVI-male cable to remedy this, plus that adapter makes to much clutter IMO. NB and SB do get a little warmer then expected, make sure to add good intake supply of air.

Overall Review: Would be nice to see a better flavor of onboard video, at least a 1300 - 1600pro. The video card is okay just don't expect to be blown away. Does play games just have to crank the setting way down.

Pros: I just want to say it fits a zalman 7700 nicely. Wish I had known earlier and saved me some money from buying a new hs. The zalman fits right over the nb heatsink and keeps it cool and it all packs nicely into the q-pack. nice led lights. Runs pretty nicely so far. No problem with instalations.

Cons: There is definetly some quality control issues with this board, the vga outlet is really loose, giving me the impression one day it might fall off. The motherboard keeps on failing to boot and stopping to complaining about a changed or not functioning processor when I was trying to load it the first couple of times. I think it's mostly the bios problem, not the board, hopely it won't die on me and I have to RMA it.

Overall Review: A lot of problem seem to be in the bios, I started out with a disfunctioning usb keyboard, mouse, and other problems, but after changing bios settings it was all good.

Pros: Core2 Quad compatable! Up there very near the top of comparable micro mobos. BIOS lets you choose RAM and CPU frequencies and timings, so you can tweak it right. (Upto) 512 MB video built in (decent enough for highest resolution in BF2 w/very little problems). Support for up to 16GB of RAM, dual channel. HDMI, I could tell you more, but I am loosing out on frags in BF2 the longer I go on

Cons: Biggest gripe - default RAM frequency is 1.8v (ie, if you want Kingston HyperX (2v), get a Corsair or comparable 1.8v to boot to BIOS, change memory voltage to 2.0 volts, shutdown, install the HyperX then you can build you system. No front side panel firewire No BIOS tweaks for video

Overall Review: sure there are better mobo specs, but consider the amount of RAM, the tech support, and the quality/stability of the hardware, this board is the best choice, no, IT FRAGS !!!!!!!!!

Pros: Had nice features, handles overclocking easily and well, had no problems while it lasted,

Cons: Died 7 months later, doesnt turn on, no bios, not worth it the long haul. Have hard time trusting abit from this, updating bios on this board is nearly impossible for its hard to find the updates and the qflash program fails to run.

Overall Review: What can i say, I get what i payed for, will put more money into a replacment