MSI Socket FM2, AMD A75, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, 1 PCI-E x16, Mini ITX Motherboard FM2-A75IA-E53

Seemed to work great but was making my computer restart every 45 minutes and wasn't controlling the cpu fan. Had to buy a new board to figure out the problem

Shame on me for not noticing, but this motherboard only comes with DVI and VGA options. There is no DVI option which is what the majority of monitors ship with these days. Also the screen resolution of DVI and VGA will not support monitors over 27" in size without reduction in resolution. All in all, a disappointing find, both in this motherboard and of the mini-ITX class of FM2 A75 motherboards, none of which support DVI, at least in the US marketplace, as of this article.

After reading a zillion (ok, not that many), it seemed that no one had a clear "best motherboard brand" or a valid explanation why. So, I decided to opt for MSI. To be completely honest, there aren't many Mini-ITX Mobos out there to choose from, so my options were definitely limited. I knew I wanted AMD APU support and USB 3.0 support. This was one of the even fewer mobo's that checked both of those boxes.Then, add in the fact that it has built-n WIFI & Bluetooth card, which normally may run about $30, and this board really stood out to me.A few months after my build, I'm still pretty happy with it with a few exceptions. Some of my gripes are:1) Richland APU support didn't come around until Bios V2.0 (I believe 2.0, but may have been 2.2). In order to update the Bios, you need a last-generation Trinity APU. Seems silly and pointless. You'd think that MSI could have found a better way of doing that, knowing that most of us don't have random APU's laying around.2) The Bios doesn't display properly using HDMI. All you're able to see is the upper left corner of the MSI logo and a few selections in their left column. You simply don't have enough viewable surface to make any changes in the Bios. Contacted MSI, and they confirmed that this was a bug present in Bios V2.0 and up. I suppose it's a non-issue for people who use the VGA output, but they have to know that a huge percentage of the people that buy Mini-ITX boards are using them at media PCs connected via HDMI. Duuuuumb.3) Price. I've literally seen dozens of motherboards with the same exact specs, and sometimes better specs, for half the cost. I'm guessing this is due to the unique size of this MOBO, and that all Mini-ITX boards are like that, but double the price just seems excessive. Not like there's any kind of new of amazing tech going into these guys that isn't going into a Micro-Atx board. It's all the same, just smaller. Grr.If MSI would fix these issues, then I would've given a 5-star review. But while there are only a few gripes, I'd consider them to be fairly large issues.

Tbh, i'm quite new to the PC building scene, so I apologize of I get some stuff wrong =)First off - this motherboard works. I have yet to do any overclocking, but from daily use it hasn't failed me yet working with the A10-5800k. Suprised me that it came with a little wifi adapter (I dont remember it being included in the description) which works OKAY until your able to get your drivers and other stuff installed - then you really need to get an actual WiFi card because this thing is pretty bad for playing MMOG's, getting disconnected / stuttering almost every 10 seconds. (BTW, if you use Windows 8 it has power saving setting you need to turn off in the Device manager, it will x2 your internet speed)Besides that, it's a cheap, functional, motherboard - nothing more, nothing less.OTHER THOUGHTS:There's no CPU cover, which caused me 10 minutes of grief because I've never seen a mobo without one, and got pretty confused.The metal plate (if you know the name, please mention in the comments!) in the back with the holes for the ports on the mobo has icons, for one, which becomes incredibly useful when I cant figure out what exactly that port is for. Unfortunately, it sticks out a little more then most mobo covers and the ports sit back a little bit, which could possibly cause problems. (I have yet to find one yet, though)

I was more than impressed with this motherboard.I started this project with the idea of making an HTPC/streaming living room box, it turned into a homemade Steam Machine It became a small form factor gaming rig and it absolutely does the job.Installation was a breeze, everything connected as it should with no issues. The UEFI instead of BIOS is amazing. Full GUI and mouse support is leaps and bounds beyond what we remember BIOS to look like.The only things I have to mention on the negative side is this: In UEFI, the RAM MHz was set to Auto, however my 1866Mhz RAM wasn't automatically adjusted. Had to manually pick the right MHz. Also, BE AWARE this motherboard only has ONE 3-pin for a case fan. Most cases have at least two fans, one in the front and one in the back. Easily is fixed by using a molex to 3-pin adapter. Luckily I had one extra to use.**If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and I will answer to the best of my abilities**