Pros: You get USB 3.0 and SATA3 for a ridiculously low price!

Cons: None so far but read my FYI below.

Overall Review: FYI: SATA hot swapping is enabled by default in the BIOS. If you install the (16 pin?) "black" cable in the SATA3 port, your OS drive may show up in the Windows 8 notification area, as an item that is OK to "safely remove." Of course that is not true and it will not let you remove it either; however, the easiest fix is to just use the (8 pin) "red" cable (on the SATA3 port) and that will take care of the false reporting issue. Benchmarks prove there is no difference in speed between the two cables.

Pros: pretty easy setup, everything came in 2 days and its a motherboard that works well so far.

Cons: really no complaints, im not a gamer or an overclocker but have built 10 plus pc's and this motherboard was pretty straightforward

Overall Review: i would buy again, for the price i built a really nice computer to run photoshop and dreamweaver. I will update if anything negative happens but i am pretty happy right now. Booted the first time i powered on and has been working steady since

Pros: cheap

Cons: Junk, died after less than six months. Support is non-existent. It's been four days and they will not get back to me about a replacement. They have you test everything and then tell you they will get back to you. Days later I get an email saying the email system is down. Sure. I totally believe you asrock, tell me another one.

Overall Review: Don't buy from this company.

Pros: Excellent board for the price. This board gave me all the features I needed without making me pay for things I would never use. I have purchased expensive high end boards in the past, only to utilize about 20 to 30 percent of the features on it. How many people actually use all their pci slots, or sata connections, or use software raid. I would be willing to wager it's a small percentage.

Cons: Board layout could have been a bit better, but this is a matter of your case layout, so it may be better for others.

Overall Review: I purchased this board to replace another that gave me bsod's when gaming or doing any strenuous activities. At first I suspected my XFX 6870 was the culprit, but after switching cards I discovered it was the board. I now have a stable running system with this board at the vanguard. USB 3.0, Xeon compatibility sata 3, what else do you need.

Pros: Overall, I'm really happy with this board. For the price it has everything I need and then some. I won't need to upgrade for at least a couple of years. Paired with an Intel i3-3225 and 8GB of RAM, my computing experience just became awesome.

Cons: I had trouble with the RealTek audio seeing my speakers or headphones or anything plugged into the audio ports. I finally figured out that you have to go into the Realtek audio software, speaker configuration tab, and click on the little folder icon. Then check the box that says "Disable front panel jack detection". After I did that, it immediately saw the speakers I had plugged into the rear jack. Realtek, why did you make me sweat like that? I thought I had a defective board!

Overall Review: I have to deduct an egg because of the audio software issue. Asrock should have given me a heads up on this because I thought I had a bad board. This could have been an RMA situation and a very bad review if I hadn't stumbled upon the solution to the audio problem. Better documentation is needed.

Pros: Good value choice for a budget i3 system. Lots of features and a GUI BIOS.

Cons: none

Overall Review: none

Pros: Packed with everything you need for a small tower. USB 3.0, SATA 6, PCIE 3.0. Support for the newest Ivy Bridge Processors. Not an overclockers board but if you are looking for a board for a solid build to put a video card on and rock out some video games you cannot go wrong with this board. 50 bucks!!

Cons: Newegg charging too little lol

Pros: Very useful BIOS, lots of options for such a small footprint, durable

Cons: No onboard hdmi and only two memory slots

Overall Review: I originally only got it to be the interim solution while I was waiting for another board I planned on using. But I ended up returning that one and keeping this little ASRock. I was first pleasantly surprised when I plugged it in and saw the BIOS for the first time. It packs a lot more than the competitor board that was originally my first choice. You can even update it right there, nothing needed but a network cable. Has been rock solid and feels well built. Oh, and has more fan connectors than any other board I've checked in this price range.