ASRock ConRoe1333-DVI/H R2.0

Advantages: Ready for future technologies
Disadvantages: No temperature monitoring hardware, BIOS flashing only works on windows

...simultaneously onto a second drive. If you aren't going to use an SATA drive, ATA 133 is available offering the capability of 4 drives over the SATA controller's 2 drive capacity however it is slower. - HDMI - The ASROCK 775Dual-VSTA claims to be the 'World Wide First HDMI Interface Ready' motherboard. For those who don't know (or aren't stinking rich and able to afford a HDMI compatible card and output device), HDMI is an interface - much like DVI - that transfers High Definition audio and video. With the help of a little cable from the motherboard to the card, you can make full use of HDMI with outstanding results - excellent visual and audio quality. - Front Panel - The motherboard has a 9 pin Front Panel Audio Header that allows for a connection to audio ports at the front of the case for convenience. With the addition of Windows software... Read review

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Advantages: Easy Setup, Great Performance, Cheap but Reliable
Disadvantages: Some components hard to reach

...I bought this motherboard when I was building my first ever system, mainly due to the cost but also due to it's wide range of features. On the face of it, it's nothing to shout home about, but it's reliable and should something go wrong, during installation or testing, it won't break the bank if you need to purchase another. It comes well packaged, with a fairly well laid out multilingual manual, all the cables you'll need (Floppy, SATA, IDE), the Install CD (although in my opinion it's not really needed) and even an anti-static foam mat for preparation of the board. On the whole, the board is well laid out, with the connectors for the drives grouped together and a good distance from the pci/agp slots. There are 6 USB 2.0 ports on this board, and they are connected by means of pins. There are also pins for firewire, audio... Read review

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Advantages: Safe overclocking ability, onboard graphics (64mb) Onboard LAN
Disadvantages: Only two Ram slots, and two PCI slots

...ideal to add addition fans to the case. So then the Hybrid booster, it allows you to change the CPU FSB, CPU multiplier, and CPU Vcore. By altering these, the CPU will run faster, by just changing the CPU FSB I was able to overclock my Sempron 2800+ (clock speed of 2.0Ghz) to 2.3Ghz which is a noticeable difference. I am still able to overclock my CPU even more by changing the CPU multiplier but I don't have many addition fans on this case to do so, and I don't want to fry the processor by trying to get it to run a bit faster. Advantages: As stated above the motherboard allows the user to get the most out of there processor by overclocking it safely using Hybrid booster. Also includes reasonable onboard graphics which was a big help for me as I was able to use the motherboard without having to buy a graphics card. Has 5.1 channel audio... Read review

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