B85 Desktop Computer Motherboard B85 Custom PC Motherboard, USB3.0 SATA3 2 DDR3, M.2 Hard Disk, LGA 1150 Pin CPU Interface, Gigabit Ethernet, Support 4 and 5 Gen of Core CPU

I was looking for an M:2 motherboard to use with my Xeon E3-1245 v3 and 1600 Mbps DDR3 RAM, and finally found this gem of a Chinese-built, mostly undocumented mATX board. I’d previously built three other Chinese boards that I found on Amazon, but none were as problem free as this one. The other three were a Shangzhaoyuan H97M Pro that failed after one year, an unbranded H81 “Gaming Motherboard” with an unusable M:2 drive, and a Hopcd board that worked well once I found the right combination of M:2 jumpers. I reviewed all three of these separately. All three still appear on Amazon except the Hopcd, which now appears only in a non-M:2 version.I highly recommend this unnamed board. It took me about an hour to get fully up and running under Windows 10. There were no issues. The board recognized my M:2 drive in the BIOS on first startup, with no need to change jumpers or BIOS settings. My DDR 1600 RAM runs at full speed, not the 1000 Mbps stated on the Amazon product sheet. That sheet specifies Core i5, but my Xeon i7 equivalent runs fine.The board comes with an I/O back plate, a SATA cable, and a printed sheet showing most of the pinouts. All of the pinouts are also etched on the board in readable letters, which seems like overkill but was accurately done.This board’s a keeper – easily 5 stars. I just ordered another one. I hope Amazon continues to offer it for those who need to keep LGA 1150 hardware running.*** UPDATE ***After one month, the board stopped posting. Power switch turned on the cooling fan, but no boot and no way into the BIOS. I solved the problem by removing and replacing the battery and then clearing CMOS. My last activity before this occurred was fiddling with the UEFI-Legacy boot settings in the AMT BIOS to get a USB stick to boot. The board continues to work well after I applied this fix.

Very sleek and easy to handle. Overall everything worked out perfectly. Nothing felt cheap or flimsy. Every connection felt strong. I would highly recommend this motherboard!

Had to take it in to a shop to get it wired in. Then it wouldn't shut down! I have to turn off the power source or it will reboot! I'm going to keep it anyway, because of all the time and money getting it to work.