ASRock Z77E-ITX LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Fasting booting MoBo I have ever experienced. Sweet UEFI BIOS. BIOS update done on first boot from the BIOS, so convenient and amazing! Got stable OC on i5/i7 Ivy Bridge @ 4.5GHz with only 4-pin ATX power from an old 550W Thermaltake TR2 PSU. Could push more, but additional heat/power draw not worth it. Everything this tiny little board is capable of still amazes me... Great OCability, 2800+ on RAM, PCI-E 3.0, 6 UBS3, 4 SATA ports even though only 2 are SATA 6Gbps, Built-in Wifi, mSATA on the bottom, 7.1 Channel THX TruStudio with Optical Audio, HDMI, DP, DVI, eSATA and a clear CMOS button on the rear I/O!

Cons: Purchased from a local retailer

Overall Review: I challenge you to find a better equipped board this small! Very clever board layout. Especially like the mSATA port on the bottom of the board and the CMOS battery standing vertically. Using Antec 620 and because of the mSATA port on the bottom I had to trim the rear bracket for the 620. My trimming removed the capability to use LGA1366, no big deal for me but I thought people should know. I used to be a ASUS/Gigabyte supporter through and through, but my purchase of a 890FX Deluxe 4 a few years ago changed that. I then moved to the Z77 Extreme6 and now this Z77E. I have been severely impressed with all of them and I recommend ASRock to anyone and everyone. This Board i5 3570k @ 4.5GHz ASUS HD7770 DCII GHz Edition 8GB Crucial Ballistix 1600MHz 120Gb Crucial M4 2TB Seagate Barracuda LP Antec 620 w/ Arctic Cooling F12 PWM Rosewill Capstone 650 Modular - En Route from NJ! Silverstone GD05B

Pros: Rock solid, tons of ports on the back. No problems with this board at all. Amazing performance and I/O.

Cons: None.

Pros: Extremely fast as I have another desktop with the Extreme9 Z77 chipset which is more than double the cost and size of this board. While the Extreme9 is a great board this one actually boots faster than that machine, which has a PCI-E SSD Revo Drive. This is most likely because of the mSATA port used with a 240GB mushkin msata card. (See cons for why this is not as simple to do as said). With that said I use it with 16GB of ram OCed to 2133mhz via XMP profile, a Nvidia GTX670 to play games like BF3 on ultra settings with a 27" HD monitor. Zero gaming issues and may become preferred for gaming over my ASRock Extreme9 with a GTX590 as its performance is perhaps at least equal or maybe even better and with a great pricetag to boot. Gamers won't be disappointing with this very small, and affordable purchase especially if you like LANning. Quality built board without a doubt.

Cons: See my "other thoughts" as it is not a con to affect rating. Also as the underside mSATA port is near the processor is does give higher default temp readings, but since monitoring it over these past few months is has stayed at a constant temp without variation either up or down as I thought this might be a potential issue.

Overall Review: My only con, which for me does not deserve a loss of an egg, is that the board does not, or did not, come with the screw for which you secure the mSATA drive to the motherboard, which is under the board and between the board and the case. Without this part you cannot install the mSATA drive properly and put the rig together. The solution I came up with was to steal the screw from the ontop mSATA wifi/bluetooth card that was included, use it on the underside, put the rig together and luckily found a laptop screw that happened to be the exact size as I could not find where to purchase such a screw on newegg or other retailers. Then used the new screw to reinstall the wifi/bluetooth card later after the rig was built and usable. This won't be an issue if you don't use the mSATA underside port,. If you do make sure you have a large collection of tiny screws for this use. Nor is the screw size listed in the manual that I saw, again for purchasing reasoning this may not be a factor.

Pros: Received quickly as usual from New Egg, Installed in place of z68 AS Rock with the standard limitations/problems. Quick install, minor driver updates and immediate OC to 4.7 (vs 4.4 z68) smooth, fast and same temps as before 29c idle and 49c super pi ...8.01 vs 8.5 (1mm test) i5 2500k,ssd, etc. Only game was flt simx maxed out with Md11, smoother faster better. Previous many bsod's and throttleing problems, so far after only a few hours, the result is outstanding. Beautiful and easy Bios diplay. The Wifi showed as an option to network as well. I'm now impressed with this board over the z68. did nothing to the VRMs as I did before and 4.7 is solid. ...will try higher later....good job AS Rock

Cons: nada

Overall Review: Was waiting for this board to become available and orderd the second I saw it for sale ...definitely not dissapointed.

Pros: What isn't to like about this board? Great build, awesome features...just has everything you could need (and should expect) from a motherboard like this. Has plentiful ports on the back, more USB than I know what to do with. Plenty of ports on the inside from SATA3, mini-PCI Express, mSATA, front panel pins, etc...truly has everything a normal sized motherboard has minus the size (and a few extra expansion slots, but...). Overclocking is SUPER simple and just as easy and carefree as my high-end Z68 ATX motherboard. BIOS is easy to use and very extensive. Truly an enthusiast class motherboard! Other than that it just works too. I've had zero issues to speak of. Just as good as that OTHER Z77 enthusiast Mini-ITX motherboard that costs 5-6 Hamiltons more... Asrock, thank you for such a wonderful product!

Cons: None. I mean this literally. From the hardware itself to the actual software supplied this motherboard is 100% solid, stable, and awesome all around. Could not be any more satisfied...just not possible. Well, I guess one con would be that its too perfect :-P

Overall Review: System Specs: Asrock Z77E-ITX 2500k @ 4.5Ghz with Corsair H70 dual 120mm fan Gigabyte GTX 580 WindForce @ 975Mhz GEIL 2x4GB DDR3-1866Mhz 2x60GB SSD Mushkin Chronos 1x1.5TB Seagate HDD Panasonic BD+RW/DVD+RW SilverStone SG08 Case with 600watt Power Supply 100% Load Temps (average after 6 hours - 72F Ambient): CPU: 65C GPU: 69C Over all extremely happy with my build, especially the size and speed. COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT have built this had it not been for the high-end features and overclockability of the Asrock Z77E-ITX motherboard! Truly a great piece of hardware and has definitely made me a fan of Asrock (this and the 4CoreDual-SATA2 I owned)!

Pros: Changed cpu from i5 2500k to an i7 2700k. With Corsair H60 h20 ran at 5.3mhz idled @ 27/28 Flt SimX maxed out hgih 40's occasional 50's. OC'd with as rock tuning utility, just set cpu slider on 5.3 with no other mod's, except turbo voltage increased in bios up .3. (My other AS Rock full size ATA will only OC to around 4.8 i7 2600k). super pi 1mm @ 7.29 sec, temps were in the 40's ... very impressed with the mini itx Z77, no complaints, great job AS Rock. I use the computer to trade stocks and options with many screens (5) and nothing but silky smooth and fast 24/7. Play the demanding Flt Sim X and it's maxed out incredible good.

Cons: Nada

Pros: This board like the last review mentioned is very well built. It is very compact being a mini itx, yet it is feature rich and packs a punch for its size. The boot time of this motherboard was very quick with an hdd and was even quicker with a ssd. Also the layout of the board in my opinion were very well placed compared to other mini itx of its chipset/price range.

Cons: The antenna included for wireless felt a bit cheap.

Overall Review: This was my first asrock board and definately won't be my last. Overall, I'm very satisfied with my purchase.

Pros: Good board with good features

Cons: Died 3 times in 6 months

Overall Review: Hello ASRock. Before I begin, I will say that I have bought many of your products and I have been happy with most of them. What I am not happy about, however, is the level of customer service I have been receiving when I need it. I have a motherboard that has died 3 times in the past 6 months and I have been in correspondence with your support team throughout the ordeal. At this point I have given up on receiving adequate support from them and will now attempt to elevate my problem. I have attempted multiple times to do this through your customer support representative and have been flat out ignored. I would like to think that I have been more than patient and reasonable with them until this point. Since buying your Z77E-ITX motherboard, I believe it has spent almost as much time broken and in transit than it has spent in good working order. Suffice it to say that I would like a refund, or at least a replacement that works. This board (or at least the replacement/refurbished/repaired units that I have been getting) obviously does not. It would not be so bad if your support team attempted to understand and resolve my problems, but I have repeatedly asked questions only to be flat out ignored. If you would like copies of my correspondence with them I will be happy to oblige you. I begin by posting here. Hopefully someone from your company will reply and attempt to address my issues. I will also be sending letters to attempt to get my problem resolved. I use many of your products and hope to do so in the future.