ASRock H55M-USB3 Micro ATX motherboard (R2.0) and build

[rpgfightin4ever]

built the same system on i3-550 and asrock h55m/usb3 a few month ago and plugged gygabyte radeon 6850 recently. Cheap and fast pc as a result, all games on ultra settings with 1280x1024

[tux9656]

Only one stick of RAM? You should always use two sticks or you won't be running in dual channel and only get half the performance.

[nate42nd]

@tux9656 This is a good point I failed to mention. Thanks.

[sharik4ever]

does HDMI out support hidef audio/video both?

[nate42nd]

@sharik4ever Yes it does. Search "HDMI interface" and read all about it.

[peter4076]

Have always used Asus & Gigabyte, but last year built two computers for friends low budget Asrock & MSi but working a treat in fact two satisfied friends.

[nate42nd]

@peter4076 Yea, these brands like Asrock and MSI are really competing with the larger companies now. They have good boards. It will be interesting to see if they last as long. I think they will. Like most other electronics there are less and less "bad" ones being made.

[kovacs111078]

good work and nice price hardware ... :)

[LaczupakabraPL]

Never used ASRock before, interesting build. I wanted to see BIOS of this mobo...

Thumbs UP!

[nate42nd]

@LaczupakabraPL The BIOS is "American Megatrends" (I think) Same as ASUS uses. It is better than the last ASUS I used. Great BIOS but WAY different from Gigabyte BIOS. I do wish every board had dual BIOS chips like Gigabyte boards but other than that I love this thing and it was far less money than the Gigabyte and had more features. I have been looking at this brand for a few months and finally got one. I am impressed with it.

[monkeyboy991000]

@nate42nd where did you buy and how much was it

[nate42nd]

@monkeyboy991000 Newegg and search for latest price.