Pros: Good price to value board if you get everthing that is suppose to come with it. Fair overclocking features. Crossfire support in a mirco board. ESATA, Firewire, and lots of USB ports. 4 DIMM slots. Good on-board sound.

Cons: Spacing of the PCIe questionable for most crossfire boards in that they are very close. 2 cards in crossfire would eliminate use of both PCI and PIC express X1. In other words if you install 2 video cards they will cover all expansion slots. Not a real fault of the board, it is a micro ATX, just plan ahead. HDD backup software disk was not in box (instruction manual was) and crossFire link cable was missing (listed in the packing checklist but not in box).

Overall Review: Makes big deal about oc genie but no mentiion of it in manual. Have to enable in BIOS. In my case OC genie set system to high and drove temps up (set volts to high). I manually OC to 3.2 ghz temps staying in 40-60 range on core i5 stock cooler. Used g-skill 1600 memory picked up as 1333 by default set BIOS XMS memory to enable picked up as 1600 at correct timing and volts. (XMS memory option in BIOS not mentioned in manual) Setup disk for MB drivers went without problem. This is a good board would have got 5 stars if parts not missing and user manual updated to include all features. G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM and Core i5 750 installed.

Pros: Price when they work

Cons: Have several of these and some work good and some don't

Overall Review: Had a few of these around for spares, installed one into wife computer and got a very poor connection. Removed and put in another (same model) and connection got better. Tested it out by putting three of these (one at a time)into the same computer in the same location and got three different connections rates. They all installed and connect to the router without problem but the connection rates varies from very low to high.

Pros: strong and reliable overclocks easy a better choice if you are planning to use any of your 1150 components in a rebuild.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I was running a i5-3570K I got back in 2012 and worried if this was any real upgrade. I also looked at the new 6000 series from Intel and debated if I should go with the newer i5-6600K on the 1151 socket. But when this CPU came up on sale along with a discount on a ASUS Sabertooth Z97 motherboard I got it and I am very happy with my choice. I already had 16GB of DDR3 Ram and the expense of having to buy DDR4 RAM for the 1151 is what closed the deal for me. I have it overclocked at 4.7 using a closed loop water cooling H60 system, 16GB RAM, EVGA 970, 250 SSD, and a 1TB HD. Most games are more GPU dependent than CPU and do not really require an i7 but you do want a system that will not bottleneck between your CPU and GPU and more games in the future will be taking advantage of the i7 capabilities. Games I play - Fallout 4, Skyrim, Tome Raider, Batman (AK), FarCry 4. All play without problem on my setup.

Pros: -no issues on installing or running hard for over 30 days. -overclocks easy -lots of cooling/fans options -decent sound -decent manual -came with motherboard fans(2)

Cons: no real cons other than it came with a lot of connector caps that I don't see as needed but some might. For most normal environments this setup is a little bit of over protection towards dust. But then better safe than sorry. Fans do add to noise level.

Overall Review: installed on 11/15/2015 using i7-4790 H60 water cooler 250 SSD Crucial 1TB Hard drive WD 16 GB Corsair RAM EVGA 970 video No problems, been running ever since. Plays games like Fallout 4 without issues of any kind. I got it mainly for the features (PCIEX1 ports, 3.1 USB, # of case fan ports, audio ports) not for the dust protections but the thermal guard is a nice feature. I worried that it might cause increase MB heat but it runs cool.

Pros: Works has advertised. Have been using going on 3 years, works with wireless keyboard and mouse (see note below) speakers and headsets.

Cons: Due to its lite weight moves/shifts easy on desk with all cables connected. Due to the order of booting some motherboards will not allow booting up into BIOS at startup. This is common with KVMs and even with some wireless keyboards. Cannot take off points for that but you will need to plug keyboard directly into computer to use BIOS features.

Overall Review: I use this with 4 computers running Windows 7, 8.1, and XP systems. I have a Logitech 510 wireless keyboard and mouse connected to front port and works without problems. Connect to 2.1 speakers and a 1920X1080, 24" LCD. Headset jack in front works great.

Pros: Deliver on time. Packed well. Worked on first boot.

Cons: Big scratch across lid. Crack on case molding that goes around express card. Missing express card cover. Does not come with all Dell drivers installed. Never could get fingerprint reader to work even though device driver states it is recognized.

Overall Review: Bought this for a second Laptop to load Linux on. It is alright but I do not think I would buy again. Price to condition is just not there. Can buy a new Laptop for $50 more.