MACHINIST B75 Gaming Motherboard with 256GB SSD Internal Solid State Drive M.2 2280 NGFF 500Mb/s 3D NAND TLC AHCI SATA III 6Gb/s LGA 1155 Computer Motherboard for Intel i3,i5,i7/Xeon E3 V2/Pentium

I really like the design of this B75 motherboard, which has a PCI slot in addition to a SATA M.2 slot. It should be noted that this is a SATA M.2 interface, not an NVME M.2 interface. Of course, I need these cheap motherboards to do something for me, and apparently they work just fine. The only downside is that it doesn't have an instruction manual, but the seller is so helpful.

I'll start with the TLDR: This mobo isn't worth the silicon wasted to create it. "New Company". Buyer beware! Ordered this to downsize old gaming rig to a small form mobo and move it into a much smaller case to use it for watching twitch/youtube while I game on my main pc. I've got a working i7 and 1600Mhz DDR 3 ram that I am transplanting onto this new mobo, which according to the displayed specs is valid. This starts off with me receiving an email this morning stating that they are a new start up and don't have a manual printed out, but attached is a copy of the manual. The attached jpgs (not PDFs) are of 2 pages of a manual that is horribly written and are almost incomprehensible and I've built a few dozen computers in the past 5 years alone. The motherboard is horribly labeled as well. The back panel port cover is not properly cut and does not fit properly into any case (I tried it in 3 different cases from different manufacturers) as well as the ports don't properly line up with the cover. After getting all of the parts installed I booted it up for the first test. It would start up for a second and then shut off. There are no POST LEDs, display panel, or POST speaker to give any sort of POST error codes. Of course without a manual the error codes would have been useless regardless. I took everything apart and put it back together again and I finally get to see the POST screen displayed and I get some post codes down at the bottom. The system then crashes. I boot it up again and it crashes on a different code. Being diligent I took everything apart and built it again and swapped around ram. Regardless of what I did, I would get a crash with a random POST code on the screen each time which indicates it's a mobo issue and not the other hardware. In the email with the "manual" they also indicated that they are a start up company and to not contact Amazon if there is an issue because Amazon will remove them from the market. This right here should have been my first huge red flag. I will be requesting a full refund from Amazon and will never buy from this company again.

this board really surprised me with the way it worked right out of the box....had a MSI board that i bought together....MSI SUCKS....will never buy an MSI product again....looking into other Machinist products...

Its a good board for the price and it works well.

it is smaller the i thought i hant put it in yet but i will edit this post when i do

I was skeptical about the combo but it works just fine for my needs. I am using this as a spare computer to run my MAME games and Steam games. It runs games on Steam with no issues and all my MAME games just fine. Its fast to boot up and the SSD card is great. If you are looking for an older motherboard and SSD combo this is well worth the price. I have no issues with any drivers nor installation in my mid-tower. Love this combo!

I installed the motherboard, attached all the devices, peripherals, etc., and it booted right up. However, there is nowhere to go to find documentation, or BIOS/drivers support. I did not populate the M.2 slot, so I don't know if it will interfere with the SATA III port I am using with a Crucial MX-500 SSD. Haven't tried using the Blu-Ray drive connected to the other SATA port, yet, so I'm hoping that works without any problems. Product description says it will support 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, but I go into the BIOS and it defaults to 1333 MHz with no way to change it. Hey, at least it recognizes the full 16 GB. The M.2 port and the front USB 2.0 and 3.0 headers was what prompted me to buy this, as all the name-brand motherboards didn't have these features. If they had documentation and website support, it would have gotten 5 stars from me. 8/12/2023 Update Edit: I finally installed a 1TB Gen3 NVME M.2 drive into the corresponding slot on the motherboard. Neither the BIOS nor Windows recognized the drive, so I couldn't use it in this PC. Not sure if the NVME slot even works. 8/20/2023 Update Edit: I ordered a SATA III M.2 drive for the slot. At boot-up, it was asking me to insert boot media and hit any key, when I already have a boot drive (SATA III 2.5" SSD), and didn't bother going to that drive when it saw the new drive didn't have an OS. I even disabled the M.2 drive as a boot drive in the BIOS, and that didn't work either. MAJOR FAIL!!! 9/8/2023 Update Edit: I finally got a chance to plug in a gaming headset. First thing I noticed is the onboard audio to the front panel jacks is absolutely broken. Neither the sounds nor the microphone worked. Going to have to change the overall rating to 1 star now. Avoid this motherboard at all costs. Not worth the composite material the circuit board is made from.

I worked around it but if you buy this is a Russian roulette of if you'll get what you ordered. Didn't receive and cables. Not to mention the pirated bios. It worked but I wouldn't oc anything on it. Just buy a used older motherboard at this point.

The BIOS keeps resetting to an external drive so it fails to start, I have to go in the BIOS to reset it every time, also hangs on the start-up screen where it says Machinist, this appears great but do not buy it it is causing me no end of problems, Rubbish.