Pros: Quality and feature at lowest price, 125w, AM3+
Cons: Ram slot too close to CPU.
I purchase this board for friend of mine, I suggested him to take a cheap low end board to replace his existing Biostar TA790GXBE( send for RMA), use same cpu and get cheap DDR3 ram because he couldn't wait for board to get back from RMA services.
Anyway, i prefer Biostar board mostly because they have capable power circuitry with solid state caps and 125w CPU support at 60$ range price. Most of the time Asus or MSI alternative support 95w only at that range.
Feature wise it has everything you needed, Sata6, hdmi, dvi onboard graphics which make perfect sense for home usage. No USB3 support IIRC, no PCIx1 but x16 slot is there. UEFI support surprised me, i didn't expected it anyway.
The only issue i face was setting up CoolerMaster Hyper212 evo with corsair Vengeance memory module which is used for this setup. The cooler fan cannot set towards ram side because of extra height of vengeance memory module. so i had to either remove fan from push position to set it as pull position on other side of heatsink or reset/displace fan away from board end which cause issue with closing side of the casing.
I'd recommend this board for casual home usage, perfect for existing user with dead board. You get few more year for your old setup to continue and upgrade later on. I've this habit for keeping on out of 2 component(board+CPU+RAM) while changing other so make purfect sense if you want to upgrade your ram to say 8GB.
Anyway, i prefer Biostar board mostly because they have capable power circuitry with solid state caps and 125w CPU support at 60$ range price. Most of the time Asus or MSI alternative support 95w only at that range.
Feature wise it has everything you needed, Sata6, hdmi, dvi onboard graphics which make perfect sense for home usage. No USB3 support IIRC, no PCIx1 but x16 slot is there. UEFI support surprised me, i didn't expected it anyway.
The only issue i face was setting up CoolerMaster Hyper212 evo with corsair Vengeance memory module which is used for this setup. The cooler fan cannot set towards ram side because of extra height of vengeance memory module. so i had to either remove fan from push position to set it as pull position on other side of heatsink or reset/displace fan away from board end which cause issue with closing side of the casing.
I'd recommend this board for casual home usage, perfect for existing user with dead board. You get few more year for your old setup to continue and upgrade later on. I've this habit for keeping on out of 2 component(board+CPU+RAM) while changing other so make purfect sense if you want to upgrade your ram to say 8GB.
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