Intel BOXDQ77MK LGA 1155 Intel Q77 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Legacy DB9 serial connector (we're still stuck with it but it's a good ol' stable standard), dual monitor support, fanless bridge, color-coded connectors, and the charge-only USB connectors were a nice touch.

Cons: Intel's heat sink and fan mounting infrastructure is not nearly as robust as AMD's.

Other Thoughts: This motherboard in combination with a 77W Core i5 and SSD make for a fast yet quiet workstation that is the envy of users in the office that haven't gotten theirs yet.

Pros: LGA 1155, Q77 Chipset, Dual Gbit NIC, decent expansion, priced right

Cons: They're not giving them away!

Other Thoughts: I have two of these boards. One is running pfSense and the other ESXi. As a pfSense appliance this board does a lot. It's probably overkill but it's incredibly expandable and I'll never be able to saturate the chipset with four Gbit connections.

ESXi runs incredibly well on this board. However, ESXi does not recognize of the NICs, so you'll never get to use that one. That's not the board's fault, that's a shortcoming of ESXi. I have an i7-3770S inside and maxed out the 32GB of RAM. The server hosts 13 virtual host on this single node. The Q77 chipset really lends itself well to any kind of virtualization and coupled with an Ivy Bridge processor it's the bomb!

I am very, very happy with these boards and will probably buy a couple more before they're discontinued for something better.

Pros: .
- Supports UNIX and GNU/Linux operating systems right out of the box.
- Packs a nice feature set, given the MicroATX form-factor.
- Due to the business-class Q77 chipset, the lone PCI slot is natively supported.
- Robust build quality which is designed to last for years.
- Intel's excellent warranty coverage.

Cons: .
- Intel is exiting the motherboard business after Haswell.
- The mSATA port is wired to a SATA II (3 Gbps) bus.

Other Thoughts: .
Just as a pro-tip for anyone considering this board for Linux, I highly recommend you update to the latest BIOS available for this board from Intel's Download Center, as various issues with Power Management and MTRR are resolved.

The inclusion of native PCI is a big deal to me since, unlike PCI slots that utilize PCI-to-PCIe bridge chips (such as those found on Z77-based motherboards), you are able to attain high performance and lower latencies along with superior compatibility. This is especially important for professional PCI audio cards and the like.

Considering how solid this product is, it will be very sad to see Intel exit the motherboard business after they launch their Haswell offerings. G_d speed Intel. You will be missed in this market segment.

Pros: Worked fine...for 2 weeks.

Cons: Then it caught on fire.

Other Thoughts: Intel didn't do anything about their mother board shorting out awful customer service don't buy this thing.

Pros: Board works great. Everything just worked with no tricks needed to get the install working. Installed one with Win8 64 pro. Other with Windows Server. This board has serial header that I needed for some old hardware that does not like USB to serial converters.

Good choice of options to cover a lot of uses with no issues...

Installed with
32 GB 1600 Crucial memory with no issues.
Intel 335 drives
I7-3770
No over clock

Windows Experience Index
8, 8, 6.4, 6.4, 8.1

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I hope Intel copies this board with the next tick of the I7 chip.

Pros: Good feature set.
Has a mini PCIe port.
Lots of I/O options.
Great BIOS interface.

Cons: No vga connector, must use the included adapter. Not a big problem, admittedly.

Other Thoughts: As is typical with Intel motherboards, this design is a solid, no-nonsense design. However, that doesn't mean it skimps on features. (Check the specs for details.) One thing I'm impressed with is how clean the BIOS configuration interface is. Despite it providing you control over almost every aspect of the board, including overclocking, the interface doesn't feel messy or unnecessarily flashy. I'm also impressed at some of the small details, such as the fact that upon reboot the POST routine gives you plenty of time to press F2 to get into the BIOS settings. You don't have to sit there and repeatedly mash the button, hoping you'll get in. It's a small detail, but it's those kinds of things that Intel gets right.

Pros: -Solid, feature-filled production workstation board at a fair price.
-Nice BIOS layout. Simple, intuitive, and detailed.
-I like the fine-toothed control you have over all three fan headers. Under all but the highest workloads, the fans hum along quietly at 30% of their rated speeds, barely audible.
-Motherboard headers are placed nicely such that there are no issues with power supply cables being able to reach everything via snaking behind the motherboard. I.e, no cable clutter in the case.

Cons: There are some USB issues. Wireless USB mice (I've tested three, two Microsoft brand and one Logitech) get jumpy during high cpu activity, and become completely unresponsive when I plug a SanDisk Extreme 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive into any USB 3.0 port (front or rear). This does not happen when I plug a USB 3.0 external hard drive (Western Digital 3TB) into the USB 3.0 port, so it appears to be a bug with the SanDisk Extreme. It also does not happen when I use any of my USB 2.0 flash drives. I've updated chipset and USB 3.0 drivers to the latest versions but the problem remains.

Other Thoughts: The USB mouse issue only seems to occur with wireless mice. I tried a wired USB mouse and the problems mentioned under Cons did NOT occur. Other than this, I'm very happy with the board, and hopeful that a driver update from Intel will eventually fix this issue.

Pros: It looks as a very reliable and dependable board like all Intel's boards I dealt with.

Cons: 1. mSATA is wired to 3 Gb/s SATA port. -1 egg.
2. Unfortunately Intel goes out of M/B business. It's unclear how long this one will be supported.

Pros: Nothing wrong this seams to process very fast so far. I over looked the number of connections for devices would of liked to have had a couple more

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Built a new computer with intel mother boardBOXDQ77MX an intel 3770 processor a full 64gb ram and a HIS HD8770 video card 2 g hard drive with a 120gb SSD for the main boot

Pros: Was easy to install and is working great in a build I did for someone else. No real issues with the bios either.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: Keep in mind that this mobo cannot do SLI if that is your plan down the road.