Summary and Conclusion:
Overall throughout the course of this review I was constantly surprised by the HA12-LF from Jetway. I really did not expect to see such a strong board this close to CES when most manufactures hold onto their products waiting to catch the eye of the all the press at CES. There were a few rough spots that could use a little more polish such as the location of the 8 pin 12v connector on the top of the board which in practice is irritating with anything larger than stock coolers. I also would have liked to see full gigabit performance though I realize that full gig is rarely achieved in on-board ethernet. One other minor gripe would be I would like to see the ram slots about an inch farther back from the CPU socket so that over sized coolers would not interfere with the first two ram slots, though this seems to be a problem with most ATX motherboards. But these complaints are not nearly enough to keep me from giving the HA12-LF motherboard the approved hardware award for being a good board that handles SATA III much better than most of the competition as well as providing a very solid experience. The price at the time of this review is around $110 USD which is about average for the features this board provides.
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I bought this MOBO back in march for a custom build and have had nothing but issues with it. I originally installed a dual-boot windows setup and would get freezing, black screens and BSOD’s randomly. This is with all official drivers and compatible hardware, recommended ram voltages and no over-clocking at all. I decided to RMA it a month later and got nowhere. I have changed out the CPU, ram, and even the HD and PSU with the same results. Now I can’t even get Jetway on the phone anymore to pursue further recourse. Steer clear!!!