Great little industrial grade MB with lots of options. Arrived with no heatsinks so I adapted some from other MBs (better than stock). Running about 54 C at full load. Added a a Core i5 and 16 GB memory (KVR16LS11/8 SODIMMs) ; runs very well indeed. Powering takes a little knowledge; no problems here. Specs, support files and manual available from Asrock. Ubuntu picked it up and installed drivers nicely. I updated bios to 1.9 with no problems and now have a happy SFF energy efficient/stable box. Shopping for a quad i7 to upgrade at some point. CPU list available from Asrock.
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Great motherboard. Works well for gaming paired with a i7-3632qm, i7-3840qm, or a i7-3920xm
Using a i7-3929xm but thermal throttles at 3.7ghz.
I underclocked it to 3.1ghz and runs good at 80 degrees
Board itself works fine, nice to have a working board for an older CPU.
I don't like that the board is missing the Northbridge heatsink, it definitely shipped with one from the factory.