Great mATX Z170 motherboard for the price
580989
Great mATX Z170 motherboard for the price. It has almost everything you could ask for on a Z170. Plenty of SATA ports. USB 3. And two PCIE x16 Slots. The only thing I wish it had that it is missing is a M.2 Slot for drives. (It has a tiny one for a WIFI card, but that's it.) The BIOS is also easy to use and navigate. (It's great living in an age where we can use a Mouse in the BIOS!)

The back-lighting is almost non-existent. In my Corsair Air 240 case, you can only see the red glow it you are really close to the window and looking hard enough. But, that is just extra fluff, and really doesn't have any bearing on the quality of the Motherboard.

Note: If you are installing WIN 7 with the motherboard, there is an option in the BIOS (Advanced Section) you have to select, otherwise your keyboard and mouse will not work in the WIN 7 setup menus. Wish, somebody else would have told me. (Would have saved me an hour of frustration.)

My build: Corsair Air 240, MSI Z170M Mortar, 16GB Corsair DDR4 2400, XFX DD Black R9 390.
2362411
I picked up this board for a high-performance build on a tight budget. I knew I wanted an ASUS board because I know they build quality products and they haven't let me down with any products before. This is the board I decided on because it had the features I was looking for at a price I could afford. There isn't anything incredible about it but it works flawlessly and looks good doing it. It has plenty of USB ports (for me) and all the connections are well-labeled. The BIOS is really nice and very easy to understand. Maybe it's standard fare anymore but it's the first BIOS I've ever seen or used that can be operated with the mouse. There's pre-configured settings for overclocking/cooling and then manual settings if you want to take full control. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend (or even use again for another build) to anybody that wanted a solid AMD board with a good BIOS.
4501883
Solid motherboard. No issues thus far. Some issues with it POSTing too fast to be able to change BIOS settings, but generally speaking, lots of features and a nice board.
4534207
Great little mobo for my G3258, and with the newest BIOS update, you can even overclock! I have my pentium sitting at 4.0ghz at stock voltage on the stock fan, temps don't go above 65C during a stress test. Only has one PCI lane that is 2.0, but whatever. Well featured for the price, BIOS is easy to navigate.
1721628
which is really a compliment for a a motherboard if you think about it. I put it in the case put the CPU in the mobo, booted Windows, uninstalled the old mobo's drivers and installed the new ones, and was playing games again within 30 minutes of opening the package. The genius Dr Debug will be a great feature if I ever have any issues with "why won't it boot", but I didn't.

I don't notice any improvement with XFast LAN/RAM/USB or the  GPU virtualization software, but whatever. This motherboard is a great deal for the $120 or so they're asking -- just like all the stuff on the internet I read said.
2000513
I bought this motherboard a month ago, with a 5820k and 16gb of corsair ddr4, the motherboard looks beast in person. That Black finish is just beautiful!
Want to know about overclock?
Hell yeah this thing handles my 5820k with 4.4ghz and an H60 like a boss, the cpu is running very stable with 1.22v
Never goes above 70*, the board temps are absolutely amazing, 30* full load, you may ask why 4 stars?
Well... The lack of fan connectors, you get 3 system fans and 2 cpu fans. And those are a bit complicated to reach depending on where you have the fans installed. I have the board on a fractal define R4, 1 of the fans in the front of my case won't reach the system 3 fan connector so i had to get an extension cable, not a big deal but something to consider.
The MSI command center is very easy to use, but if you don't like to mess with software you can always go to the bios.
4703180
Pros: Z97 Chipset
USB 3.0 Header (at a right angle in case you have a long graphics card like myself)
mSATA connector
Plenty of PCI-E ports
Tons of SATA ports

Cons: Overclocking is awkward (you have to press the + or - buttons to increase or decrease values rather than manually punching in values)
BIOS doesn't give full control over fans (it only allows down to 50% fan speed)
MSI autoupdate utility constantly wants to install Norton

Once you get everything set up the way you want it, this motherboard is great and very reliable.

Specs:
i7-4770k (overclocked to 4.4 GHz)
MSI Z97-G45
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 240GB EVO SSD
Seagate 240GB SSD
Asus Nvidia 780 GTX
Cooler Master Cosmos SE
306487
I've had this board a little over a month now and it is awesome! It looks simply awesome in my case and the BIOS is incredibly easy to use, the extra feature software that comes with this board is also nice and gives me a lot more control over my components. It has both the look and feel of a truly premium board.

The only thing wrong with this board are the LED's. The white seems to be slightly pinkish, which doesn't really affect me since I pretty much stick to max green, blue, or red, and those look great.
The other issue is that the LED's are easily seen individually and are given away by brighter dots.

Other than those few LED issues this is an awesome board, and there is almost nothing you can't do with it.

I've had this board for over a year now and it has been nothing but great. The board starts to go wonky every time it needs a BIOS update for some reason but after the update everything runs back to normal.

I have a stable 4.7GHz OC on my 6700k and the XMP runs the RAM great (3200MHz C16).
I am about to upgrade to 8th gen and Z370 but I will most definitely be getting the Maximus X Formula. This board has been absolutely great.
The absolute ONLY issue I have with it is the built in sound leaves a lot to be desired, and the Asus automatic OC sucks. But if you really need a dedicated sound card thats one thing, most people do not, and if you know what you're doing, overclocking is not that hard either.

All in all its a great board and hands down the best looking of any Z170 board. A little pricey for what you get but in my opinion, its worth it.
1921081
Great budget motherboard. First skylake build and it's fantastic.
4451883
Solid and great motherboard.  Tons of fan connectors and I went for a white theme in a silver case.  Looks gorgeous and the other factor I wanted was overclocking.  I ran the Asus 5-way optimization tool and (using ram verified to work with the board) I achieved a stable 4.7Ghz on my i5-6600K rated for 3.5Ghz.  !!!!!!!  Automatically!!!!  Fantastic
2035497
This has everything you would want in a motherboard for gaming if you do not need extra pci slots for anything but 1 or 2 video cards. The only notable absence is onboard wifi/Bluetooth, which you might otherwise expect in a board of this price. I would skip the automatic overclocking, as it tends to use more voltage than you need.
358883
Bought this board for a Phenom II rig I was planning to build back in January 2016, it is now March 2017 and is still working without a hitch. SATA ports can be a bit flimsy, bent a couple of them while building, but still a solid board for the price
(haven't tried overclocking yet, will try it once I get an FX CPU [preferably a 6350])
88920
I had this motherboard for 3yrs. Its a great motherboard for the price. But if you really want to upgrade and get fantastic fps on games like skyrim, rust, and arma like I do, the motherboard is very limited. I'm finally upgrading. I feel like I maxed out the CPU with everything. Overall, like I said, great motherboard for the price. Run the 8core processor from amd with this and it should run smooth. This is a beginner's motherboard for their first build.
4041810
Asus Z87 PRO LGA 1150 Motherboard purchased for my first ever build because I couldn't find a ready built unit with all the capabilities I wanted without spending well over $2000. This mobo allowed all the device attachments that I need with excellent process speeds, and plenty of USB and SATA ports. Will only use one PCIexpress slot immediately, but have plenty of expansion room for the future. I like the gold/black themed color appearance thru my case window (Corsair Carbide 600T silver).

Plenty of working space on the mobo, easy to understand manual, although Newegg does an excellent job of providing PC build videos where you can further appreciate the advantages of the Z87-Pro over some other boards pictured.

I appreciate that I was able to update the UEFI bios via flash drive from another PC during pre-assembly before even putting the mobo into the chassis.
1012871
I'm very content with my board at the moment. It is servicing my computer quite nicely. Happy I didn't get a DOA! What can I say, it's aesthetically pleasing, packs great features for the price, includes all the necessary peripherals, and has an intuitive BIOS. There were a few hiccups as it was my first build but I'd chalk that up to experience. I haven't really dabbled too far into overclocking with my processor yet but, at the moment, I'm running my 6700k at 4.5ghz with adaptive voltage set to 1.37 which is its stable point (from what little time I've invested in overclocking). The I/O shield would be the only harbinger of complaint. It's very, errr, basic and... finicky, but once it's in correctly there is no problem. To put it simply I would definitely recommend this board! :)

Other components for reference:
i7-6700K
EVGA 1080 FTW
G.Skill DDR4 16gb 3200mhz
EVGA G2 850w 80+ gold
Cryorig H7
2tb hitachi hard drive
Fractal Design Define R5
1669802
I got this because it was the cheapest FM1 socket motherboard with a PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot, and support for 1600 MHz RAM. I don't regret buying it. I have some concern as to the longevity of it, but it has a 3 year warranty, so that concern is almost alleviated. This thing works, and it works well. I have no issues with it, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants an FM1 motherboard that isn't consistently over $50. I will update this review if I have any complaints, or issues. Otherwise, it is an excellent motherboard.
2377628
I chose this motherboard for rebuilding an old (cca 2005) Athlon machine, so that my kid can use it for casual gaming and general purpose computing. I wasn't expecting much but I am impressed with the performance so far.