![]() This board packs lots of punch in a small package and is reasonably priced. Not only does it support the i3/i5/i7 CPUs but will also take the E3-1200 series Xeons (not officially, but it does). I am using it with the E3-1230. The board has no problem whatsoever with the quad core plus hyperthreading (providing 8 logical CPUs). If you do use it with a Xeon which does not have integrated graphics, be prepared to buy a PCIE video card for the onboard slot because you'll need it. Supports ASRock XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB Technologies Supports AXTU, Graphical UEFI, On/Off Play, Instant Boot, Instant Flash, APP Charger 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec). 支援 ASRock XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB 技術 支援 AXTU, 圖形化 UEFI, Instant Boot, Instant Flash, APP Charger, 晚安指示燈 7.1 聲道高傳真音效, 支援內容保護功能 (Realtek ALC892 音源編碼解碼器). The UEFI BIOS interface is wonderful - many times better than the ancient text-based AMI/Phoenix BIOS screens. The BIOS config screens also support your mouse - about time things were brought into this century. The other thing which is nice, for those with unlocked CPUs is that an entire screen is dedicated to Overclocking Tweaking. It provides many parameters to tweak and guides you to the proper settings. I am using this in an Antec ISK300-150 case and it fits beautifully - snuggly with all of the internal cables. I also have it using 2 SATA3 SSD drives, and again, handled with no problems. Lastly, ASRock support participates on the Tweaktown.com forum so help is readily available if you happen to need it. I'm extremely happy with this board. I have not been able to successfully build a Windows 7 x64 PC with this motherboard. I've been building PCs for 20 years and even with that experience I am unable to complete the build and get Windows successfully installed. First, this motherboard is somehow not compatible with the DC-DC power board in my mini PC case. The motherboard can be powered by other power supplies and the power supply can power other motherboards but the two are incompatible. Since I also sell these mini PC cases it's turned into a customer support nightmare having to exchange power boards for customers. The ASRock Z68M-ITX and A75M-ITX work (among motherboards from all different brands) but the H67M-ITX does not. I've never come across a power board/motherboard incompatibility before. This I was able to at least workaround with a different DC-DC power board or in my own build, a picoPSU. I have no idea which is the issue, the motherboard or the power supply, but it takes the two together to cause the issue. The symptom is that the system turns on for about 1 second and then turns itself right back off. Second, and most importantly since I can find no workaround, the graphics drivers included on the CD crash Windows 7 on startup and the system has to be recovered. I tried all three graphics drivers on the CD, the latest from the ASRock site and the latest from Intel. I updated the BIOS as well. All attempts give the same result: BSOD on startup just after 'Starting Windows' and then it's off to system recovery. The BSOD says 'BadDriver'. I also tried HDMI and DVI-D since my research had shown some issue with BSODs and HDMI with Intel drivers but it was to no avail. The cabling didn't matter. Strangely, Windows 8 CP works right out of the box. Windows 8 CP however isn't ready for production so I need Windows 7 on my PC. I don't have this issue on a different board with the same CPU, RAM and SSD. I see a lot of glowing reviews here so these incompatibilities seems very hit-or-miss. I cannot speculate why. Besides these issues, my other issue has been the layout of the motherboard.
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