Boxed Intel Desktop Board Media Series ATX form factor for 2nd Gen Intel Core Family Processors BOXDH67CLB3

There were a few issues with Sandy Bridge early on but it seems that these have all been worked out. I have built 5 PCs based on this board and all run great. The board is very economical, I couldn't be more pleased. I have used the board with i5-2300s and i7-2600s. I currently have a system raided with one Sata-II SSD and another Sata-III SSD drive for 444mb/s consecutive reads. Never had problem with any hardware on these boards.Update 11.24.2011I stand by my 5 star rating, I still have had no problems out of these boards and I still love the value I received from them. There is one con that I must point out though: these boards only have 2x 6gbps sata ports. When I bought the boards this was not much of an issue, because there were not a lot of good sata III drives out there, especially in the SSD market. This has changed and could be an issue for some users going forward. A small problem that can be solved with an expansion card, but still worth noting.

Works just fine, I don't stress it much. I did have trouble getting a x1 Ethernet card working, I am not sure if it's the card or the motherboard, switched to a PCIx32 card, which did work. Also had trouble getting the Intel Desktop Utilities loaded and running. Down loaded fine, but never ran for the first 3 or 4 times I tried actually using it. I think an updated BIOS was the trick. Including a DVI to VGA adapter would have been nice. I used a dongle to reuse PS2 mouse and PS2 keyboard on 1 USB port, but the keyboard kept getting confused, so I switched to a USB mouse and now every thing is playing nicely together. Using Win7 home version, i7 2000, 4x2Gbyte DDR3 1600 memory (although it does not support 1600). It's alot faster and quieter than my old XP 875 system. The IO bracket was a real pain to put on, but that is probably more of a chassis issue that a board, although getting the EMI fingers just right took a few tries. The only cable that gave me a problem is the front panel audio, the Baseboard connector location is as far from the front panel as it can get, not user friendly. But a longer chassis cable would probably have prevented this gripe.

After many hours of troubleshooting and replacement with another new motherboard, thanks to Amazon(not Intel), I have to conclude that this motherboard is another failure of the Sandy Bridge Intel technology. The processor installed on the MB is Intel i5 2400S. Amazon furnished a second processor, also. The onboard DVI video freezes randomly. The USB ports freeze randomly. Intel's technical support, located in Costa Rica, has not been helpful to remedy the problems. In fact, they will not acknowledge there is a problem. This motherboard is supposed to be the release after Intel's recall of earlier Sandy Bridge product, but there are still problems. Do yourself a favor and consider purchasing a motherboard without the Sandy Bridge chipset. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble. Mine is worthless.Boxed Intel Desktop Board Media Series ATX Form Factor for Second Generation Intel Core Family Processors BOXDH67CLB3

I bought this to use on a new computer I built and had no problems installing or getting the computer to run. Plugged everything in the first time and it ran perfect. The best part about this board is it will support an i7 processor and has a built in video, audio, Gigabit Network, USB 3.0 and much more! By not having to buy a video card that saves a lot of money and the one included is an Intel HD video card which playes even the best games great. If I want another video card it has support for it as well. It supports 32GB of ram, I chose 16 GB to start but will upgrade to 32 when I get a little extra money. Overall this is a great motherboard and I would recommend it to anyone. Comes with a great price considering all the add-ons it saves you from buying!

So far this motherboard is working great. However, upon installation, the software on the CD crashed and would not install. This was for a Windows 7, 64 bit OS. Since I couldn't install the Intel software, the network among other things would not work, and I couldn't get on the Internet. I finally was able to download the latest software on another computer, put it on a flash drive, and that did install and I was able to get the network interface working after that. That wasted an hour of my time, but if I didn't have another computer, it would have taken a lot longer, and what if I didn't have a flash drive? Intel needs to provide working drivers on the CD in the box!!! Don't release a product with junk software.

This item came not working, there is no heat sink brackets, and there is no USB 3.0 port on motherboard to hook up my case's front panel 3.0 USBs. Not happy with this product at all, and demanded a refund.

The motherboard works great. It did not have a VGA input, only has DVI and HDMI. I wish they included a DVI to VGA adapter with the board. My monitor only came with a VGA cable. The onboard graphics along with the core i5 2400 processor seems adequate for a regular home user. seems to be built good. My only problem was the back plate took longer to install with all its small tabs, and it was harder to line up the screw holes for the MB due to the pressure of the back plate. I know this was definitely a not a problem with my case as i had a n ASUS P6T installed in that case with no problem at all.

This motherboard worked perfectly in my build. I didn't need or want fancy overclocking or other features (look for the P67 or X series mobos for that)...I just wanted a reliable and great performing board; this motherboard delivered. I am using a 16GB Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B memory kit and a 2500K processor on the motherboard. It came up the first go and I have had it on for the last 4 days with no problems. This is a no fuss, great performing, and stable platform to build a computer on.