MSI B75MA-P45 LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Well, truthfully, you get what you pay for, and this is a cheaper motherboard. What it does have, is good though. It's an MSI board, so that's a plus. Everything on the board functions well, and is very easy to organize. The SATA 6gb/s is also nice, if you use it.

Cons: It only has the B75 chipset, but it does work well. There is also only one PCI-e slot, so if you plan on SLI-ing, it's a no-go.

Other Thoughts: I bought this board for a simple gaming computer, nothing fancy. It works very well.

Pros: Bought for a home mini server. Works great, no issues!

Cons: None

Pros: It has great features, and the bored overall is good, but its advertise as an overclock bored, and it wont over clock even when i do it automatic with genie oc, or custom oc :(

Cons: DOES NOT OVERCLOCK AS ADVERTISED :( :(

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
The Intel B75 chipset does not allow you to overclock the processor except IGD and is not a BIOS limitation but hardware limitation. If you wish to overclock a processor then you will need to purchase boards with Z77 chipset. Please note this limitation applies to all brands.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with our tech support team directly at 626.271.1004 for assistance during regular business hours from M to F, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
Or you can email us at usreview@msi.com, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Great for low budget gaming pc

Cons: It didnt fit good on my coolermaster scout but i got it to work

Pros: It has a graphical bios which is new to me. You can use a mouse on it though the controls are a little awkward. Inexpensive. USB 3, and SATA/6 was nice too

Cons: The USB ports completely power down, could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you feel about it.
You can however force the top two ports on the board to stay on by switching a jumper near it.
It also seems to completely freak out if you have a ps/2 mouse and a USB mouse connected at boot up. Completely freezes the machine until you disconnect one and reboot.

Other Thoughts: Nice size, sleek and like I said, Love the BIOS.

Pros: This motherboard has nice features for the price -- 4 DIMM slots is a real rarity, and USB 3.0, 6GB/sec SATA and gigabit NIC are all nice to have. The MSI BIOS setup program is quite nice as well, although the graphics are a bit garish.

Cons: MSI's BIOS quality control has some issues -- the latest version (1.6) seems to have serious bugs. Attempting to select a boot device using the icons at the top of the screen would either display garbage for the icon labels or in the worst cases cause the computer to reboot as soon as the mouse pointer is moved over them. Re-flashing the BIOS using the built-in M-Flash then killed the PC. No POST, no display, the computer would continuously start up and shut down until the power was pulled.

Although MSI touts M-Flash as a viable alternative to dual BIOSes, in my case M-Flash recovery WOULD NOT WORK. I have had to send the board back to MSI so I'll be without a PC for a month or more. BEWARE.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.

Please kindly visit the URL below to set up a RMA with the following information.
http://service.msicomputer.com/msi_user/rma_form_new.aspx

1. Full name (first, and last)
2. Telephone #
3. Physical address
4. Email address
5. Serial number (located on the box, or underneath the motherboard, eg 601-xxxx-xxxBxxxxxxxxxx)
6. Symptoms you are having onto the Special Remark section (as detailed as possible)

Once your information and warranty coverage are verified then we can proceed with this RMA for you.
Our turn-around time is typically two weeks and our system will notify you automatically at every stage of your RMA process.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the product, received the unit back from RMA but are still having issues, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at usreview@msi.com and we will be more than happy to assist you, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: This board overclocks just fine and the bios is easy to use....just read the book. It doesn't have flair, sure but it does what it says it will. It is also thicker than my last ASUS board and didn't bend at all with the installation of a heavy aftermarket heat sink.

Cons: it is small...but micro ATX is small.

Other Thoughts: if you are not looking for SLI and want to build a rig that can single card game or be an office powerhouse you can't beat the price on this one plus you can keep one pci card if needed.

Pros: No PROS

Cons: Does not Work...

Other Thoughts: I got everything connected like I usually do.. I've built a few computers before and never had a problem like this. I sent it back and ordered a new motherboard not this one though and it worked. So I knew the motherboard was the problem. But they sent me back this motherboard saying that I had broken a pin on the cpu socket.. But whose to say it didn't come like that.. I mean scroll down to the other comments a lot of other customers had a fail motherboard also. Don't waste your time here find one that works!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
Bent pins are caused by mishandling/abuse but not from the production during the manufacturing process therefore warranty is void.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the product, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at usreview@msi.com and we will be more than happy to assist you, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Works.

Cons: Not now.

Other Thoughts: An update. My first attempt to get this board running was a bummer, but it turned out that I had a bad power supply which functioned on an old board but wouldn't get this one doing anything, which took me some time to iron out. So, now it runs 24/7 crunching numbers for BOINC/Einstein @ Home with a 3 GHZ 2 Core processor and has worked without a hitch since I put it on line. It does what I want it to, so I am going to try another one with a four core processor in a couple of weeks.

Pros: Great value board, not with every bell and whistle on the market but definitely feature packed for the price. I've had so-so luck with MSI products (sometimes being DOA) but I was very pleased to recieve a working board the first time around.

Cons: None thus far.

Other Thoughts: Paired this with an i3-2100 and some spare components for a budget build for a family memeber, and was actually quite blown away at the performance. I was simply trying to bring her out of the stone age of LGA775 and DDR2, but I surprised myself. Even running a traditional HDD and onboard graphics windows responds promptly and smooth. I'll be looking forward to future upgrades to see what this board can really handle.