“This board really surprised me, as It was a temporary replacement for my Z77 Fatality Professional. For 45 bucks, it really runs great. There's not a lot of slots, nor is there usb3 or sata 6gps, but what there is, is reliability. She started right up, as I followed the instructions and updated the bios to enable my I53570K ivy bridge cpu to run on it, and it did! Stuck the mobo right in the...” --oldcompgeek
100% Positive Reviews
The Z87-Gryphon is the first micro-ATX motherboard in the TUF series, featuring an optional thermal armor kit, 8-phase CPU power, expansion slots that include two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (x16/NC or x8/x8), a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x4, wired to the PCH), six SATA 6 Gb/s ports, four USB 3.0 ports, 8-channel HD audio with optical SPDIF output, gigabit Ethernet, and display outputs that...
Embrace the evolved power of Intel 3rd generation Core processor with the ASRock Z77 Pro4-M motherboard, based on the latest Intel Z77 chipset which firstly integrates native USB 3.0 connectivity on Intel platform. Exclusive XFast 555 technology, including XFast RAM / XFast LAN / XFast USB, works behind the scenes to improve overall system efficiency and throughput. Digi Power design provides...
“I used this board to upgrade to an i5 2500k at the suggestion of a few OCN.net members. Very glad I did. This board has been great! I was slightly worried about the new bios, and it took some gettings used to. There are tons of feature's in the BIOS, more than I know what to do with! So far with the help of this motherboard I was able to get a total clock of 4.7Ghz 24/7 stable with ease! One of...” --KhaoticKomputing
100% Positive Reviews
Number of Memory Slots: 4×240pin Memory Standard: DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/ 1866(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 PCI Express 2.0 x16: 1 Onboard Video Chipset: Supported only by CPU with integrated graphic Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC887 Max LAN Speed: 10/100/1000Mbps SATA 3Gb/s: 4 CPU Type: Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1155)
“updated BIOS first thing after successful boot cycle.
red LED's and illumination is a big change from all my blue themed set-ups, so it's staying on the 'test bench' for now..
this board is non compromising (good way), it just runs fast period.... watch and 'auto' settings.
I also have the second best mATX board from ASUS the Z77 M-Pro and you can tell that this the Gene V is a step up from...” --malmental
100% Positive Reviews
“The Ultimate Z77 Board, this thing has future technology all the way around. Msata, which many manufactures are pushing. Thunderbolt will be the new way to connect things, may manufactures are really pushing this, Intel, Apple, Samsung, Toshiba, & Sony just to name a few. It's already tons of products that use Thunderbolt as a way to connect. Just go to Thunderbolt Wiki. PCI-E 3.0 has you set...” --PatrickCrowely
100% Positive Reviews
GIGABYTE GA-H61N-USB3 Socket 1155/ Intel H61/ DDR3/ USB3.0/ A&GbE/ Mini-ITX Motherboard
Number of Memory Slots: 4×240pin Memory Standard: DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/ 1600/1333/1066 Onboard Video Chipset: Supported only by CPU with integrated graphic Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC898 Max LAN Speed: 10/100/1000Mbps SATA 3Gb/s: 4 CPU Type: Core i7 / i5 / i3 (LGA1155) Supported CPU Technologies: Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
“I bought my first Ivy Bridge chip and this motherboard to go with it. On paper the specs looked really impressive. The power phase design, heatsinks, VRMs, onboard wi-fi, it all looked really impressive.
My first issue was with flashing the BIOS, I had a couple of issues with unsuccessful flashing or flashing and my SSD would no longer work. I tried multiple SSDs, the solution was unplugging...” --stickg1
67% Positive Reviews
