ASRock Z170 Extreme4 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -Slick looking design -IO shield is also nice looking -Good quality components -Simple, non flashy BIOS -PCIe layout is preferable to me -Fan headers can control via PWM or voltage. -I personally did not run into hardware compatibility issues -I like that there isn't a bunch of integrated extras; it keeps things simple and you run into less issues (in my experience)

Cons: -If you are less than very familiar with computers, steer clear of Windows 7; it will be a headache for you to install with this board. -This is SUPER nit-picky, but the Realtek audio software has the same interface as its had for the last 5 or 6 years.

Overall Review: I usually do my Windows installs in legacy mode, but I was running into trouble, so I went UEFI on this build. So far everything is working fine. Other system specs: CPU: 6700k RAM: x2 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury (2166Mhz 14-14-14-35) GPU: R9 295x2 PSU: NZXT HALE90 850W OS: Windows 10

Pros: -Easy bios updates -Bios nothing flashy but works well. -I was able to get a stable 4.8ghz overclock out of my 6700k. -Plenty of pci slots and supports 2 way sli since two slots run at 8x when running two cards or 3 way in crossfire at 8x 4x 4x -Debugging light is very handy when you're first setting up and forget something. -My board is in a case so the built-in reset and power buttons don't serve a purpose for me but they're there and work well for bench testing. -Onboard video works well for what it is, great if you are trying build an upgradable rig and can't afford a graphics card at first. -Built in fan controls work great. -On board audio works great. -Really, just a great board for the price. I'm not sure why people are giving it such a bad rap on here. All I can say is my experience has been great.

Cons: None really. Bios is a bit clunky but it's a bios soooo...does it have to look super pretty?

Overall Review: All in all, if you want to do over-clocking, this is a really good entry board. Just a really well thought out board in my opinion.

Pros: Good price point, great for gaming and overclocks, or even if you dont want to overclock and just want stability w good feature set, this is it. Can o/c non-K with the right bios Michicon Gold Caps = stable o/c Clean Looks, something different besides red/black and blue/white Crisp, Clear 1150 Audio Dual Bios Power, Reset and LED on motherboard Good layout on bios M2 Port, SLI runs GSkills ram at rated 3,000 speed

Cons: Doesnt have bluetooth -bummer for my ps4 controller

Overall Review: Did a clean install windows 10. No issues. Have an i5 6400 clocked to 4.2 on this board, very stable, could run the i5 at 4.5 but it gets to 65c on load with my noctua uh 14 cooler, which is just a tad higher than i like. Have had no issues whatsoever, and took very little time to get bios flashed o/c dialed in, If you dont want to spend $200+ on a Z170 board, but dont want to get the really cheap $100 boards, this is the perfect fit. Highly recommend

Pros: This board has great functionality for the cost plus it came with a free gammaxx 400 cooler that is also really good. Everything plugged in and started up the first time with no issues.

Cons: The only drawback was no usb 2.0, so it took a little extra looking up to figure out how to install Windows 7 without a usb 2.0.

Overall Review: For anyone who is needing to install windows 7 on this board, go into the bios and under Advanced>port 60/64 emulation and this will allow a regular usb keyboard and mouse to work to allow you to install Windows 7, just make sure to change it back once the usb 3 drivers are installed.

Pros: Price, features, what more to say? I couldn't sysprep because I had done a previous upgrade of my Win7 install and I just wanted to do a CPU/motherboard swap. No problem, it surprised me by booting right into Windows. I had to get the drivers installed before the USB ports would work, but I was prepared for that issue.

Cons: It didn't install itself.

Overall Review: Because this is the newest Intel chipset, many of the drivers are not going to be included in the native Win7 install media. For the prior posts about the USB drivers and issues with them, just be sure and either include the drivers as part of the Win7 install media, or if you're just doing a motherboard swap, download the drivers onto your OS hard drive before you begin the swap so they're readily available, and then have a ps/2 keyboard on hand so you can then install the drivers. The board's UEFI Bios also has an option to install drivers, but I have not tried it.

Pros: value

Cons: - currently having a cold boot problem

Overall Review: I'm having a strange cold boot issue. When the system has been turned off a while, my sata 0 and sata 1 ports do not detect either of my SSD drives. After a period of time the system is online; i an reboot and magically are detected by the bios. I have submitted a support case and will update this review based on my experience with ASRock.

Pros: Running my Core i5-6600K at 4.2GHz all 4 cores 100% loaded (with 4.5GHz Turbo for single core) with no problems. I would purchase this MB again.

Cons: Board arrived with v1.00 BIOS loaded, but wasn't surprised. Anyone who's built more than a couple of PCs knows to download the current MB BIOS and drivers from the manufacturer's website and toss the included driver CD, right? I flashed v2.40 BIOS as the first order of business, loaded all the current drivers from the support site onto Win10 Pro and have had zero problems for the past month since completing my build.

Overall Review: I used the MB UEFI BIOS overclock tweaker to load the 4.2GHz CPU OC profile (modest but easy OC for daily use). Also used the Intel extreme tuning utility (download from intel website) which I thought provided better OC setup details versus the ASRock A-Tune software.

Pros: Easy set up. Set RAM via XMP without issue. Overclocked my i7-6700K to 4.5GHz while undervolting it to 1.28V. Good fan control via the FanExpert graphical interface. Flashed to newest BIOS without issue.

Cons: UEFI is not perfectly stable. I had it hang on me a couple times.

Overall Review: I am very pleased with this board. No complaints at all.