GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel H57 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Many many ports, i love the HDMI and the many high speed sata ports and USB. I got it with the i5/case bundle. the i5 GPU thing runs WoW at a playable FPS on maxed settings with shadows off, (10+ in dalaran and 40+ in cities) However im going to go ahead and buy a vid card.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Most people give it bad ratings because this is wrong or that is wrong, its all user error (except for the DOA ones, which sometimes can be user error too). It worked perfectly for me.

Pros: Had a problem with installation, cleared CMOS and it worked fine for almost 5 years.

Cons: For no reason, it started having the same boot recycle problem may of the other users have noted. Boots for 3 second, shuts for 3 seconds.

Overall Review: Set it up with clean power and it ran for many years. Stopped using it much and it sat idle for months. Now, dead when trying to use again.

Pros: Seems to have nice features, at least according to the writing on the box.

Cons: Won't post. Same boot loop after a few seconds of power to the lights and fans. Tried fix listed elsewhere but does it with the 2x4 power connections hooked up (and with just one for that matter).

Overall Review: Maybe it's the PSU (brand new Antec) but I don't know how to tell.

Pros: This is a very nice board now that it is working. I have been using Gigabyte boards for many years and have been very happy with their performance. Gigabyte has a quality product with an excellent warranty program. You must read the manual on this board as memory placement is critical, install it incorrectly and the board will power cycle with no post. I suspect this is the reason for the power cycle problem in many of the reviews on the new LGA 1156 boards.

Cons: None at this time.

Overall Review: A warning included in the box about memory placement would be nice, for those of us that think we know it all, and don't bother to read the manual.....

Pros: The included sw has a system optimization program that works well.

Cons: You need at least XP sp 3 to install on the system. If you try to install XP sp 2 and then apply sp 3 you get device errors which prevent the system from booting. There is some discussion on how to add the correct drivers to XP sp 2 on the internet but that is a pain. Better to just find a copy of XP sp 3.

Pros: Integrated Graphics (with appropriate CPU), onboard RAID.

Cons: Nothing significant

Overall Review: I have used two of these motherboards, one at the office and one to rebuild a system at home, one with Linux and one with Windows. No problems except you can't start with an XP SP1 disk - the on CD drivers bluescreen during installation. I used an SP2 disk and everything worked fine.

Pros: All features work great so far. Haven't tried the RAID yet. Just ordered 2 new hard drives for that. NEWEGG is great as always!!!

Cons: None so far...other peoples complaints could be solved by correctly connecting power supply or knowing what they are buying in advance. Compatability issues come mostly from not reading the manuals.

Overall Review: Download and read the users manual before buying, that way you know what your getting. Works great with i3-530 and 4GB Corsair XMS 1333 using HDMI on a Samsung 40' LCD for basic gaming (C&C Generals and web based games), MS Office, web browsing.

Pros: Board appears to be stable now. Super easy to over-clock, and all drivers installed successfully in XP.

Cons: I was very upset when I experienced the same problems described in other reviews where it will power on for 1 second, and then off for 2... repeat until power is pulled. Luckily, however, I was able to resolve this by reseating the cpu and memory (not sure which one did the trick, I did them both at the same time). So now I'm sitting back waiting to see if it will start failing again... but for now it appears to be running smooth.

Overall Review: Configuration: Intel Core i3-530 Clarkdale 2.93GHz A-DATA Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Easily overclocking the cpu to 3.5 GHz and memory to 1600 Mhz.