Pros: - Offers better overall (i.e. multi-threaded) CPU performance than competing Apollo Lake J3355, J3455 and J4205-based Mini-ITX solutions at roughly the same cost. Benchmarks for the Piledriver-derived A8-5545 show improved single-threaded performance over the Jaguar-derived A6-5200 on this manufacturer's earlier board, nearly as good as of the aforementioned Apollo Lake CPUs. - Built-in Radeon HD 8510G with 384 stream units. - Supports dual-channel memory, unlike some competing solutions. - 16X (in size though electrically 8x) PCIe slot for those who'd like a proper standalone GPU. Many competing boards have only a small 1x connector. - Included CPU fan isn't as loud as I feared when not at full tilt, which it rarely is with the integrated GPU disabled. - Board layout permitted much better cable routing in my Antec ISK case than the ASRock H67M-ITX it replaced. - Gigabit ethernet, thorough (though thoroughly unnecessary) tweaking options in the BIOS, etc.

Cons: - What we have here is a Piledriver/Terascale 3 notebook APU from 2013 soldered onto a desktop motherboard. It's HD 8510G graphics are considered Legacy and will not be receiving updates (that said, a WHQL certified driver from 2015 that works perfectly fine is installed automatically by Win 10). The CPU, though capable, has nowhere near the IPC of modern offerings from either AMD or Intel. - With only a 19W TDP there isn't enough thermal headroom for simultaneous, aggressive CPU and iGPU clocks. Enjoy ping-ponging back and forth between being CPU- and GPU-bound. A dedicated GPU is strongly recommended for gaming use. - The BIOS allows you to manage the behavior of the CPU fun, but not the case fan. Sadly, manual control there is necessary for silent operation. - 7.1 HD Audio proclaimeth the marketing material but you'll only be getting that over HDMI as there are only three mini-jacks out back and no SPDIF header like on earlier boards.

Overall Review: As I wrote in the title, this is an eclectic little board and I advise you to consider your needs carefully prior to purchase. If you're looking to get the optimal gaming performance per dollar, you're much better off buying a used Core 2 Quad Dell and stuffing a GeForce 1050 or similar in it. My goal was to get an broken, 2012-era system up and running again at minimal cost and this board allowed me to achieve that and a bit more. Out came my truculent ASRock H67M-ITX w/Pentium G630T, in went this board with my original DDR3-1066 sticks and Radeon HD 7570 and in a few minutes I was back in my walking simulator, weeping over tales of teenage self-discovery. Given what I'd heard of AMD CPU performance circa 2013 I was worried I'd be CPU bound even with my lowly Radeon HD 7570. Thankfully that was not the case. I'm now able to run Life is Strange at 1080p / High Preset at 30-40fps with 100% GPU usage and ~75% CPU on the first couple cores, ~10-40% on the other two. Temps are in the mid 50s (Celsius) - dress appropriately.