Definitely recommend for a first time PC builder looking to get ...
593454
Used this for my first ever PC build. I would actually give it more of a 4.5 out of 5 stars for the following reasons.

1) The backplate is CHEAP. It was slightly difficult to mount the mobo inside the case and have the ports line up correctly. It has strange metal tabs that get in the way. Just take your time and it will line up eventually.

2) The Ethernet port did not work right of the box. Luckily I had my old PC and was able to go to Asus' website and download the necessary Intel drivers to make it work.

Despite these two issues, the board is very stable and has a very intuitive bios. Definitely recommend for a first time PC builder looking to get on board with the new Skylake processors.
2150730
Part of my first PC build. This is exactly what I expected it to be, and I'm very pleased with it. The case came with four fans, I was able to fit all the parts in it, good space for cables, and the blue LED's look absolutely righteous. The material it's made of feels quite quality, and stays cool. For cons, the instruction manual was a bit lacking in detail, but it was all pretty self explanatory. Since this is the first case I've ever built with, I don't have much to compare it to, but for under a hundred bucks, I know I made the right purchase.
1269101
This is my first ASUS board and I am very impressed. Everything connected and recignized first post. Very easy.

Pros:
- SATA III and USB 3
- Overclocking options are great
- DDR3 2000 *OC*
- IDE connection (I needed this for an optical drive)
- AM3 CPU compatable

Cons:
- No internal USB 3 Header for a USB 3 faceplate. These will become more common with new cases.

- Not an AM3+ socket. Will not necessarily be compatable with the new AMD processors. There is a BIOS Beta update for testing AM3+ compatability but no garintees. Yet.

- When using one video card a VGA card adapter must be placed in the grey slot closest to the notrhbridge and the video card must be put in the blue slot. This caused serious cable management in my case and blocks a PCI slot.

- If using an SSD in AHCI with windows 7 to get maximum performance out of the drive with SATA III, you must use sata ports 1-4. AHCI must be enabled in bios with the connection speed selected as 6Gbit/s. If you do so you can't use a sata II drive in these ports. I tried plugging my intel X25-M with my Intel 510 Elm Creast both in these ports and the OS would freeze on startup every time. It went back to normal when I plugged it back into port 5 or 6. This limits you to two SATA II and 4 sata III devices.

- No UEFI. BIOS only. UEFI is a far faster startup process. Like 3 seconds to get to windows logo vs. 16. With this board it take my system 30 seconds from BIOS beep to Internet explorer open and running. With UEFI it would be up in 17 seconds.
2474843
Great for a first build. I used this in my first computer and have not had any issues. The only problem is that there aren't that many USB ports and SATA III ports. but other than that I love it!
283409
I am giving this case 5 stars. Although I considered giving it four, I find this case to be perfect for a beginner PC builder such as myself and I want the rating to be higher. If you are a seasonsed PC builder buy a case with more cable management options, though micro atx cases are typically a bit tricky anyways.
OK,
Now on to the meat of my review of the vivo micro atx case. I purchased this case with my girlfriend for her first gaming rig! I play world of Warcraft and she decided to sit down and make a character on my rig one day... well 2 weeks later and all the parts for her new build (chosen with help from me) had arived at my door step). I found this case to be extremly easy to build with. I had only built a couple pcs before working on my girlfriends rig and I have to say this case was a pleasure to build with.
Pros:
-Aesthetics pleasing design.
-The included 120mm fans are quite nice (blue leds) although I should note that they use a molex connection rather than a 4 pin.
-Enough room for cable magament with the decently sized bulge on the back (it's not the size it's how you use it)..... ;).. ahem... ummm..
-the majority of the mother board standoffs were already installed! (Don't make the same mistake I did and forget to put the last two in as my girlfriends new PC is missing two standoffs)
-plenty of room for most consumer grade gpus (though always be sure to measure twice but once)

Cons:
-the top air filter is a bit flimsy. I also find the holes on the filter to be just a bit to small as when the filter is removed the two 120mm fans that we installed in the top of the case are able to circulate more air.
- there are some sharp edges inside of the case. This is a problem that i haven encountered with other cheap cases in the past. Just be sure to be gentle when digging around in there.
-other than those two minor issues I couldn't really find anything wrong with this product.

This is a great case! This is one of the best budget micro atx cases on Amazon. And this case does not look budget. <3 happy pixel moving button pressing everyone.
3319017
I got this AMD a10-7700k as part of a cheap entry level gaming build. After doing my research, looking at reviews and overviews, watching the keynote from amd at CES I was sold on this processor. I'm very excited to see what the HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) has in store in terms of performance and efficiency gains along with their Mantle software. It took me a while to set up the dual graphics mode on my gigabyte ga-f2a88xm-d3h motherboard with my gigabyte r7 250 OC 1gb gddr5 128bit graphics card and 8gb of silicon power 2133 ram. I haven't been able to do a thorough test yet, but assassins creed 1 is able to play at almost max settings at 1680x1050 resolutions at 60fps without the dual graphics mode. The processor itself over clocks well with the stock cooler at a max of 4.1ghz. Overall I'm very satisfied with what I got and how it performs. I will update upon Mantle release.
3488378
This was the 1st item I chose for my very 1st computer build. It has everything I was looking for:

Spacious...Hold a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler with room to spare!

USB 3.0 (2) on the front of the case, as well as (2) USB 2.0

Included a 200mm Red LED front case fan, and space for another 200mm fan up top

rear 120mm case fan

7 plus 1 Expansion ports for Graphics cards or whatever

Removeable center HDD cage to accomadate Very Long Graphics cards just in case

Hold a Full Size or Micro ATX Motherboard

Both sides are removeabe for great access and cable management

Supports (4) 5.5" or (3) plus (1) 3.5" external, (5) 3.5" internal, and (2) 2.5" SSD drives internal

Looks as Awesome as it is huge!
2424539
This is honestly the best computer given the price. I was looking for something that could get me started for a gaming pc. I don't do HEAVY gaming on pc's in general, but definitely plan on using it to stream to sites like twitch as a sort of hobby. While not having much money to spend on something that I know would be subpar if I were to purchase an hp or another asus laptop, I said what the hell and purchased this tower that I'd been eyeing for a week. I was nervous purchasing it at first, since I've never bought a computer online before, and certainly not an entry gaming desktop. HOWEVER I'm extremely satisfied with my purchase, especially for the price. It's quiet, purrs but not loud at all which I was happy about, the inside lights up a blue which is a cool aesthetic touch, and the speed is pretty great in comparison to what I was used to before. I had an issue with my product key for windows 8 when I first plugged it in, but it was my fault because I was a ditz and read it wrong the first time, but the guy on tech support was super nice and said that if I had any questions about upgrades or computer parts I could always call and have them help me on what would be best. He emphasized that they weren't salesmen, meaning they won't try and steer me in a direction just because of the price or because they're getting paid to do so, which I loved.

All in all I'm really glad I took the dive and bought this pc. I would recommend it to anyone who's starting out and looking to upgrade, or even those that just want a fast easy to maintain computer.
258206
Did you know this thing comes with instructions on how to put your pc together? Yeah! No kidding! Everything from where to install your power supply to motherboard! It was super handy for my first time building a PC! I'm using a micro ATX motherboard with a gtx1080 graphics card and, there is plenty of room for cable managment and ventilation! This is a really great case. Zero problems for me! Even came with extra screws! Five stars!
3977521
I bought this mobo to replace my ASUS MVA2 HDMI series when upgrading my system. As said in other reviews it can definitely use a 125 watt CPU as I checked the manual before I started my upgrade. Originally this was designed for Phenom 2 X6 cpus which run over 95 watts typically on load.
  On my rig I'm using an AMD FX8350, 8gb of Kingston DDR31600 ram (2 sticks of 4gb in each slot dual channel), ASUS AMD Radeon 7750 1gb, Kingston 120gb ssd, 1tb Western Digital hdd, Windows XP 32bit and 7 64 bit, in an Antec desktop case with an upgraded Antec 660 watt power supply. It's been almost a month with no issues. ASUS boards are very well built from my experiences in PC building the past 10+ years. This mobo has been no exception. At the moment I've been using it for more gaming purposes and it has exceeded my expectations with no issues. I plan to do some CAD work on it soon also. I would recommend any ASUS board to any builder..especially in this case. Definitely best bang for the buck!
1921081
Great budget motherboard. First skylake build and it's fantastic.
275297
This is my third case I've used to build a PC from scratch, and this one was by far the easiest to work with. I built a video editor for my office using a budget of $1499. I was able to get a large video card, sound card, RAID card and Black Magic video capture card along with 4 drives and a massive CPU cooler inside with no problems. The motherboard tray comes with stand-offs built-in and it was a breeze to mount the MB. Everything was well thought out and felt like it was custom made for the parts I had chosen. Do yourself a favor and get a card reader that has USB 3.0 capability for the front panel. I was blown away by how fast USB 3.0 could ingest media. The whole system worked perfectly, and I really like the simple, rugged styling of the exterior. I liked it so much I want one for my home editing workstation.
6050
This is a great book for anyone thinking about building a PC at any budget.  There are plenty of pictures to guide you through most installations of both hardware and OS(Operating System).  It is very easy to read book and explains everything (do not have to be a computer geek).  I book is a great buy for anyone wanting to build a computer.
2902241
THIS IS A REVIEW FOR THE WINDOW VERSION

Wanted a budget case that was sleek and minimalistic and didn't have that "gamer" look. This fit the bill perfectly. As a first time builder it was super easy to build in and I love the tooless drive bay design. Just pop in the hard drive and you're good. I like that all of it except the front panel is steel. That makes the case really sturdy. I did find a few irks that annoyed me but didn't keep it from a 5 star rating. First, It's really hard to get the front panel off. I had to pull with all my might on the tiny tab on the bottom to get it off. Second, the window scratches easily but you can't really see it so I don't mind it. And third, there is almost no cable management room behind the motherboard tray. There's less space than the thickness of the motherboard cable! I literally had to shove all the unused cables into the unused space in the drive bay. They only gave you a couple zip ties too. But, with a few zip ties (that I had to buy myself thank you very much) and some patience, I was able to cram the side panel on. Don't let the lack of cable management room be a deal breaker for you, it really is a great budget case. Attached are some pictures of my cable management job.
4775563
This motherboard has everything you need in a new Skylake build, including support for M.2 connections and DDR4 RAM. Got this with a Core i5-6500 and Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-2133 for my first build and there haven't been any problems whatsoever. The BIOS utility is sleek and easy to use. Would reccomend.
2158914
Used this for my first computer build! I love it so far! My only complains are that it dosnt come with instructions to tell you what screws to use where, that extended the length of the build some. And the other is the "cable management" isn't anything to get excited about. Runs a little loud but if one side panel is off it's very quite. Lot has very nice airflow and was able to mount two top LED's with no problems!
4171463
Great computer for the price! I'd orginally bought it to play games like Overwatch, EOS, Black Desert, etc at better quality but ended up accidentally finding a wonderful editing PC too! It struggles a bit with high-requirement games like Witcher 3 and even high-settings Dark Souls 3 but it does it's best! I've had mine for over a year now and honestly have no regrets. Highly recommend!