BIOSTAR TZ77A LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: I like this MB, great for upgrading, 4 memory slots 2 pcie slots for crossfirex if you decide to go with that.
Good range of intel processors if on a budget you can start off with a nice inexpensive dual core Celeron, and as budget allows move up to core i3, i5, i7.
Has pcie 3.0 slot if you use i5 or i7 to take advantage of this feature.
2 sata 6.0, usb 3.0.
easy to clock memory to the speed it needs manually or with xmp profiles if the memory you have supports xmp.
Nice debug led display on board that doubles as a cpu temp display after booted up into OS.

Cons: None what so ever very easy setup.

Overall Review: Got this board with a dual core Celeron g1610 ivy bridge to start with, until I decide to upgrade to i5 or i7 later,
the g1610 Celeron is a great cpu (in another review).
Have this running 8gb 2x4gb team elite 1333 ram easily clocked to 1600mhz by just going in bios and setting it to 16 (1600) on ram settings.
have an amd radeon hd 6750 this setup runs fast and snappy, great for gaming, been able to runs on high settings and just play.

This setup-
tz77a MB biostar
2x4gb 8gb team elite mem clocked 1600mhz
1 tb sata III Seagate HDD
lg blu ray optical drive sata
amd radeon hd 6750 graphics card
intel Celeron g1610 ivy cpu
corsair rm650 650w full modular psu
nzxt gamma case.

Recommend this board, great easy setup, plenty of OC settings if needed.

Pros: Budget board. A lot of features like UEFI Bios and Usb 3.0 ports on an Z77 chipset for a really good price. I ended up picking this up as it was being discontinued I guess given the price I paid.

3 Year Warranty

Cons: Mainboard ships with a bios that must be updated to use the UEFI bios with a mouse properly.

QA control, my mainboard has a usb slot that I cannot plug anything into.

Some usb slots don't register a device. I must unplug and plug it in again to try and get the input device to work.

Overall Review: Given the price I paid I think the board is a below-average 60 dollar budget board considering my board shipped with a hardware defect that could easily have been caught. If I paid the normal price on this board I would have sunken it with less eggs.

Biostar makes great high-end mainboards which I will continue to consider in my future builds;however, I will not buy a Biostar budget line board again. The QA control is very disconcerting. Having a board with a usb port that is not sized properly and ships with a bios that was clearly not tested just makes me believe Biostar just wanted a mainboard on the market as soon as possible.