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Most Favorable Review

Great mobo

ASUS P8H77-M LE LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS P8H77-M LE LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: I had no problems with this board. The first thing I did after installing it was update the bios, which took less than a minute (excluding download time) I have never been so happy with a motherboard.

Cons: None

Overall Review: H77 does not support overclocking the cpu, you can change a bunch of values but the multiplier will not go past the default for the cpu. I have successfully overclocked my igpu (Intel HD4000) using the bios in this motherboard.

11/29/2013
Most Critical Review

Eh, it's alright

MASSCOOL Fanner-420 Thermal Grease
MASSCOOL Fanner-420 Thermal Grease

Pros: Comes with enough grease for a few applications. Keeps my i5 3570k at a decent idle temperature.

Cons: The thermal grease can handle an idling cpu, but when I start gaming, all hell breaks loose and my temps hit 105 degrees Celsius in under 5 minutes. I have a Corsair h60 liquid cooler, so I'd say the thermal grease is the issue.

Overall Review: If you need this for basic everyday computing, great choice, but for cpu intensive gaming or programs just spend a couple more bucks and get something name brand.

11/29/2013

Junk

ASRock H61M-DGS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock H61M-DGS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Many nice features, like pci-e 3.0 (supposedly) Updating the bios was easy.

Cons: My whole system broke. My integrated graphics froze all the time and I had to unplug my pc to shut it off. Destroyed my gtx 660 (thanks to EVGA that's not a problem) Looks like it fried the ram on the gpu. Constant hard drive corruption and bsod. The motherboard may not have caused all of this, but when I replaced it for an asus brand, all of my problems went away and my integrated graphics worked without issue. My processor seems faster too. Bios updates are rare. Maybe I just got a bad board?

Overall Review: There was finally a new bios update. I'm not sure if it was supposed to fix the problems I was having though because after updating, it corrupted my hard drive and I lost years of 3d models. This motherboard caused me nothing but trouble. Btw, the processor I used was an i5 3570k

11/29/2013

Short life

ZALMAN ZM-M300 Black 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Mouse
ZALMAN ZM-M300 Black 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Mouse

Pros: I just bought it for the price and buttons on the side.

Cons: Cheap feel, autofire sucks, stopped working a few months ago.

Overall Review: I think I paid around $12 for the mouse, so I didn't expect much.

11/29/2013