ASUS Prime Z370-A LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 USB 3.1 Z370 ATX Motherboard with USB 3.1 for 8th Generation Intel Core Processors

I've been building computers for myself and other people since the the late 80's and I have build many different brands over the years such as A-Bit, MSI, Gigabyte, Asrock, and Asus. But the last 3 personal builds for myself have been the Asus Brand because of reliability and ease of setup. This motherboard was no different and the quality of the motherboard looked to be superb! It's quality through and through. At about $165.00 this board is a bargain, the Intel i5 8th Gen CPU cost a hundred dollars more! The only issue I had was a tight fit around the back connector plate, and I had to remove a chassis cooling fan in order to not force the connector cover under it. Still that wasn't hard to remove the fan and re-install it after that. It does fit well, but tight. Again, this was on my Corsair Brand Case, yours will probably be different? Other than that, I had no "Murphy's Law" happen. Probably the most difficult thing to do was install the CPU bracket, and you should go to YouTube to see how to do it. If you don't do it correctly, you could damage the MB, and the CPU won't sit evenly on the heat-sink. You also need to use the plastic spacers on each the 4 jack-screws or you won't be able to screw them down. The MB also comes with very good thermal grease, so don't waste your money buying the Arctic Silver, the Asus supplies thermal grease is fine and there is enough to do 3 CPU's. After a week using this motherboard, I'm more than happy, it is extremely fast! My system has the Samsung SSD MNVe M2.1 500GB, Samsumg EVO SSD Drive for the other drive. I use a 1TB Seagate Disc Hard drive for backup up only. I have the 8th Gen Intel i5 8600K 6-core CPU that is faster than a 7th Gen i7 CPU. This system is blistering fast, it boots from stone cold in less that 20 secs. and a warm boot (reset) is faster than that! I'd recommend this board highly for graphics use and video editing and it is also a good gaming MB too although it is not considered the top Asus gaming board. This MB also has 4K video on board, although I use an after market GTX Nvidea Card that is a faster and more powerful card instead of the onboard video.

One of the best motherboards I have used to build my hard drive. Overlooking. Stability. Great value for the price.

There is a problem with this board when using NVMe that isn't evident until you build the machine... it doesn't allow SATA 5 & 6 to be used with NVMe (SEE UPDATE BELOW). I had to search after trying cables and pulling hair out - others found problem also. That's the reason I took off a star - a 6 SATA board should give 6 SATA ports even if you use both M.2 drives imho. Or at least CLEARLY disclose this. My build: ASUS Prime Z370-A / Intel i7-8700 / Samsung NVMe 960 / case, etc.. Pros: Wow is this fast! Amazing performance with the NVMe - about 6x over a SATA drive. The UEFI (what used to be BIOS for old timers) is amazing also - mouse and keyboard work fine - I assembled this in stages and without the drive(s) booted into the UEFI. Really nice EZ mode and Advanced. Board has nice lighting on the side, and 4 leds show boot sequence (on the board) - nice touch. Cons: Not thrilled with the fit of the connector plate in my case, but that may be a case issue. Manual was just OK - not as bad as some, but not wonderful either. Omission of lack of SATA 5 & 6 when using NVMe. Overall - I like it, the speed is wonderful (amazing really with NVMe), the user interface is great but I'd probably opt for a 8 SATA board next time so I get at least 6 after the NVMe install. (Apparently other boards do the same thing - might be an Intel architecture thing...). *EDIT* - OK,after further research I'm raising my review to 5 stars. Turns out the loss of SATA 5 & 6 is listed in the manual (was confusing in my defense) and you CAN use all 6 SATA ports if you are happy in X2 mode on the M2.2 socket ONLY. So double the NVMe speed at loss of 2 SATA ports (5 and 6) on M2.2 socket. The X2/X4 setting does NOT affect the speed of an NVM3 drive in the M.2_1 slot... which is my configuration... so I have all 6 SATA ports and a super fast 500GB NVME drive. I'm ok with that. It would only affect you/me if you have 2 NVMe drives, one in both M.2 slots, and even then only if you want the X4 max speed (which of course you would want).

What can I say? This thing fired right up and has a slew of features for a mid-tier ASUS board. It's sturdy too. While installing I accidentally dropped my screwdriver on it and it didn't even notice. The UEFI BIOS is also a nice touch, and is designed well. This is replacing a Z77 Sabertooth and I couldn't be happier. I had a bad experience with my first motherboard so I bought the Sabertooth to ensure nothing would go wrong. Probably would have done the same thing this time around if the other high-end ASUS 370 boards had higher availability at the time when I bought this, but I honestly couldn't be happier with this board. Definitely recommend! Pros: Works just fine, even after dropping my screwdriver on it during install UEFI BIOS designed well Good amount of features for a mid-tier board Cons: I/O Shield feels cheaply made and gave me trouble during install Not a lot of USB's but makes up for it with 2 USB3 and 2 USB2 headers on the board

This is the 1st time I've ordered computer components from Amazon, but I was confidant that they would stand behind their products. I was not disappointed. The first mother board had the dreaded hang at the orange DRAM light. Where the mother board never came up into the BIOS screen. I had ordered two memory sticks so I was able to verify that neither worked in any DRAM slot and the MemOK button did not change any outcomes. I called Amazon tech-support and they put me in direct contact with ASUS technical support. After a short exchange of information and verification that the DRAM I had was on their Qualified Vendor List, they concluded that the board or the memory was bad. Since I had two sticks, I felt that the likely problem was the board (as was the case). Amazon, had the new board to me in two days. I installed it and the system came right up. I was very pleased at the quick and effective tech support from ASUS and especially Amazon. While ASUS would have attempted to repair the board which with shipping would have taken weeks, Amazon, sent a return label and had the new board to me very quickly. The board works well, and the performance with my I7 six core processor is very satisfying. I have used ASUS boards before and never had a problem. This issues seems to happen at a rate higher than I would expect (this based on looking at Amazon reviews). But overall, it has positive reviews and a reasonable price.

EDIT: Erroneous diagnosis by a technician and a horrible Amazon Customer Service experience lead me to rate this 1 star months ago. To be honest with ASUS, and other possible buyers, I had to update this review. The bottom line is: this board works perfectly and is amazingly easy to use. The ASUS UEFI Bios is just the cherry on top. ******************************* Rant about customer service still is true tho. Amazon banned my account because I made a 'big' purchase of less than 2000US in parts. Amazon would not unlock my account unless I sent them a picture of my CC along with a bank statement; to me this was borderline illegal and discriminatory. I have been buying online for years and I have never had a problem making big orders before. Normal behaviour is to put an order on hold for verification, not this spit on the face that I recieved from Amazon. All their customer service reps lied and sweet talked to me, but in the end no one helped me and I had to give in to their demands so as to not delay my build further since some parts weren't available on Amazon and I ordered them on another popular PC parts website, which didn't give me all the problems that Amazon did. Guess which will be my first option when buying parts again in the future? Certainly not Amazon.

You can pay vastly more for ASUS' ROG line of motherboards (or similar from Gigabyte or MSI) but if you look closely, you will find that this Prime A board has 98% of the features for a good deal less. I am currently using this board to overclock my 8700k chip and it is running at 5.2 GHz on all cores (adaptive mode) under a custom water loop at 1.41 volts. This Prime A board has the same 8 phase VRMs that the more expensive ROG boards mainly use, which is why this board will do just as good in the overclocking department generally. It does not have the Clear CMOS button at the back that I like on more expensive boards, but everything else is well done. My one gripe about this board is the measly 6 USB ports on the back I/O plate. I use my main rig for flight simming and VR use and have 19 USB devices that need to be hooked up. ASUS, fast forward to 2018 and get with the picture. 6 USB ports might have been fine back in 2003, but come on...... (I ended up buying powered USB hubs and 2 Innateck USB 3.0 expansion cards, which both work fine). When I first laid out my rig, I considered buying the ROG Maximus X Hero or Formula. However, I feel this board has 98% of the "guts" and "goodies" of those boards without the bling over charge. YMMV, but I have been very happy with this Prime A board.

Did a computer upgrade and a new motherboard was part of it. Chose this one to go with a I5 8600k cpu. Got it, put my system together and system would not boot up. Got the Ram warning light on motherboard. Hit the Ram button which is supposed to reboot it to more compatible memory settings but it didn't work. Called Amazon and was on phone quite awhile troubleshooting. The troubleshooting proved difficult cause I had also replaced CPU, video card, and Ram. Yeah, I was thinking, "this might not end well for me". Amazon tech agreed with me it was most likely a bad motherboard. This was Saturday afternoon when I had called. They express shipped me out a replacement motherboard and I got it the next day Sunday morning! No kidding you say. Well that's what I said too. Built system again with replacement motherboard and this time booted right up and I've been cruising ever since. Motherboard turns out to be good but I did have to have it replaced once cause the first one was defective. I could easily knock a couple of stars off since I got a bad motherboard the first try. Or I could leave all the stars on cause of such good support from Amazon. You be the judge.

Good board. Has very good configuration option in BIOS to control the other hardware.

ASUS makes some of the best, if not the best, motherboards around. They maintain a high standard of quality from the top of the range to the bottom. Over the years I've used many ASUS motherboards and have always been satisfied with not only their performance but their endurance. This board is a nice middle of the road board and an excellent option for someone looking for a good Z370 board but doesn't want lowest price point stuff. Stable and feature packed with a very good power delivery system this board is the perfect pairing for a build using any of Intel's unlocked 8th gen processors (ie. i3-8350K , i5-8600K or i7-8700K ).

LED's light up but doesn't even boot, I took all anti-esd procedures and even then didnt boot, can not recommend, I can't even get a refund because I bought it at the start of the year, waste of money.

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Best entry-level mother board for Intel core 8th gen CPU.