ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Has all the bells and whistles for an affordable price.

Cons: None

Pros: used this in a server build bout 8 months ago. been on 24-7 since then and still doing great. I was leary of using this mobo cause I don't have a long history with this brand like I do some others, but I have no complaints. it's fast and very stable. I like the bios too, but took some getting used to.

Cons: only con I really have is the con I have with just bout all mobo's- the southbridge heatsink is poop. I replaced it with a better one and it's just warm to the touch instead of hella-hot.

Other Thoughts: paired this with i5- 3570, 32 gig of Crucial Ballistix

Pros: Great value for a Z77 board

The BIOS are easy to navigate

Easy to overclock with

Cons: The ASRock support website has very poor support for drivers/firmware (outdated stuff)

Some of the software that comes with this board is snake oil or useless. (Virtu MVP)

Other Thoughts: Overall still a great board despite the cons. If you're looking for a Z77 board for a budget gaming rig this is your board.

Pros: Stable
Very overclockable
Problem free

Cons: None that I can think of, if the specs listed are what you are looking for then I recommend it.

Pros: had it for about 7 months now I think. No problems, has sat in my case and done its job faithfully.

Cons: No bios reset switch, have to use jumper, not that it's a big deal.

Other Thoughts: For $100 it's a fantastic motherboard for overclocking and is feature rich as well as full ATX

Pros: Lots of features, when it works, works great!

Cons: First one did not work.... Had to pay shipping to get a new one, but New egg was awesome to ship another one very quickly.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. ASRock mainboards are fully tested to assure that they're working before shipped. Unfortunately, due to nature of electronic product, it can happen.
Please update replacement mainboard is working fine. If you have any technical questions please contact us at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.

Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: Seems to work good otherwise. Got intel i5 overclocked considerably to 4.6GHz stable and temps holding fine.

Cons: Memory controller not good for any RAM above 1333. Had 1333 at first but after upgrading motherboard bought some 2400MHz Kingston Beast... after the memory controller kept hanging at all speeds above 1333MHz and talking to Kingston who recommended I RMA the RAM as they tested it on this board and said it is compatible I sent them in for RMA and went and got some Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz... well that seemed to work fine for about a wk and now I'm running into same problems. Runs fine at 1333MHz but anytime I run that or the other RAM any faster than that whenever I shut pc down on restart memory controllers hung and I'm lucky to get past windows startup screen and when I do the startup sounds as well as the pc itself after getting in windows are stuttier than heck. Very very unhappy as I just bought the board two months ago and did not plan on buying another. Guess that's what I get for going for the cheaper name instead of ASUS, MSI, or Gigabyte.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear ASRock Customer

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
For the memory setting issue, please set the UEFI BIOS default.
Set XMP setting at BIOS, OC Tweaker, DRAM Configuration, XMP Setting [Profile1], save and exit.
If you have any technical questions please contact us at http://www.ASRock.com/support/tsd.asp. We can assist you shortly.


Thank you

ASRock SUPPORT
Tech Support Email: user@ASRockamerica.com

Pros: Before I begin, I can only comment about the quality of the board at the moment since I've yet to get the rest of my comp parts. This mobo is well built and feels pretty sturdy.

Cons: Not really a con, but I would have loved if the manual explained how to install the power panel cords thoroughly since this is my first time building a comp. Took me awhile to know what "GND" meant.

Other Thoughts: The only reason I took off one egg was for the simple fact I've have yet to see the bios and all the other goodness. But I have seen enough videos to be well pleased in the case everything works fine.

Pros: Has a very organised bios and it looks nice in my case with a black and red theme.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Great board for the price.

Pros: Easy to build, works good after built. Instruction was clear.

Cons: I am using wind 7. Not sure what caused the problem. could be Norton program? When my mouse was on a text window then ocasionaly it went off and my typing has error because mouse pointer pointed to some different place (internet text window), could it be tracking cookies?

Other Thoughts: I hope it does not has problem like Award Bios. I had 2 computers ran on award bios and in the same day both of them stopped working on error "cannot access to hard drive"