ASUS P8H77-V LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: The price is right. ASUS is my go-to brand, they never let me down. You get all the cool features that are out with the 77 chip set without paying over $200. The most important being the speed, and the SSD buffering. Installation was easy, the board is well designed. The BIOS is super easy to navigate and use.

Cons: Only one 3 pin fan connector. (not a huge deal because molex) I docked an egg because it didn't come with nearly as many extras in the box as I remember getting on previous motherboard purchases. You get the board, the back-plate, the CD/manual, and 2 SATA6 cables. That's it. I would have liked to have seen extra stuff.

Overall Review: Read up on the H77 boards before you buy!! They do not overclock! If you want to overclock buy the Z77 model. When you buy an H77 board you are saving money buy cutting out some options and slots/hookups that are on the Z77. You are also giving up overclocking. Pay attention! My new system: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Black Steel ASUS P8H77-V LGA 1155 Intel H77 G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 Intel Core i5-3550 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V V2.3 EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 Seagate 1TB HD

Pros: Bought this board and mounted a i3-2120 in it. Selecting performance in the easy BIOS gave the processor a 3.4GHz speed as opposed to the base 3.3GHz speed. Post first time, which was a relief since I had to build it in the case (PSU was already mounted and cable routed and zip tied). Installed Windows 8 PR extremely quick, boots to start in just a few seconds, SSD is a Samsung 830 128GB.

Cons: These comments aren't really cons Wish the fan headers were in different locations. CPU header is in middle of board, which is OK, but one of the Chassis fan headers is right next to it, I'd like that one to be on the bottom of the front. Has another one up top. Doesn't seem to want to run my G-Skill Sniper F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 at 1600. Haven't played around with it much, but if I simply select 1600, it won't boot and has the mem light on. I've updated to the latest BIOS and still the same. It initially booted with it set at 1333, with the performance mode, it's running at ~1374. This memory is not in the QVL, so I can't really fault the board here, but this memory performed as advertised in the Sabertooth Z77 and I do not believe it is listed in the QVL for that board either. Not really a big deal. It gets 7.5 WEI in windows 8 PR.

Overall Review: It is an aesthetically pleasing board, looks nice in my Zalman 9plus with a Blue LED fan on the floor and one on the roof. The OEM heatsink and the Geforce GT 240 kinda take away from the aesthetics. I bought this board on sale, and with a locked CPU I think it's a good deal. If not on sale, I'd probably have gone with the P8Z77-V. I was a little peeved to see this order get sent out all in one box, I had ordered a APC UPS as well. So... There was a 10+ lb item floating around in the box with this bother board. When UPS dropped it off, I could hear all the boxes shuffling around inside, fortunately no damage, but it didn't seem like the smartest idea someone at Newegg had. I noticed it was initially sent out at 10lbs. UPS adjusted it to 19lbs.

Pros: 6 total sata ports (2x6gb/s and 4x3gb/s) which is great for storage, all of which were nice and neatly laid out at the bottom right corner of the board (which was exactly what I wanted). Most things on the board are easily accessible...

Cons: 8 pin power input for the mobo is in an incredibly stupid place. I can't understand for the life of me why they put it where they knew it would be right in the way of the heatsink for most aftermarket coolers. It irritated me so badly that I had to knock and egg off.

Pros: Solid board. Nice looking heat sinks. Neat BIOS.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: This mobo will not let you over clock your processor! Get the Z77 for that! Don't forget to press the "Mem OK" button when you first set it up so it gets the ram timings right.

Pros: Great Mother Board. would buy again.

Cons: I dont know if it was just my mobo but it was really hard to unplug the 24-pin mobo power plug after test boot.

Overall Review: Love it for me its a good motherboard

Overall Review: works!

Pros: Has all of the features I needed at a good price. Other boards I looked at with crossfire support and four ram slots were close to the 200s or really sketchy. Working as intended

Cons: None so far