Pros: I ordered on Dec. 5 and received CCBBE 0615 DPMW from the NJ warehouse on 12/8. Began overclocking immediately. I tested with Orthos for at least 5 hours at 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800. It runs stable at those speeds on stock voltage (1.35v). I am going for 3GHz though. I had to bump voltage up at 2900 to 1.425v and it is stable for 5 hours so far as I write this.

Cons: Temperatures are higher than I'm used to compared to my Venice 3000+ I'm using DFI Ultra-D with Thermalright XP-90 heatsink and a Panaflo 92mm fan. Temps are in high 30C's idle and around low 50C's during the stress test. If only one core is utilized during gaming, then it's around mid 40C's at load.

Overall Review: I was originally planning to get the Opteron 165 but I need to 10X multiplier. This chip was a buck eighty-five when I got it. Some users reported getting the EPMW stepping. If you are going for a high overclock or are somewhat limited by your RAM get this; otherwise get the 165 and save a few USD.

Pros: Complete replacement for that old P3 box (you know what I'm talking about). Runs pretty much silent and low power. BIOS flashing should be simple if needed. I was able to copy the .rom file to the C: partition and EZ Flash detected it. You should also be able to copy the .rom to USB flash drive and do it that way too. It can also boot from a USB flash.

Cons: The cover was extremely difficult to pry off when upgrading the RAM. First you have to remove the two screws behind the stickers. It uses DDR2 laptop memory 200-pin 533Mhz and the maximum memory supported is 2GB.

Overall Review: The default linux is really limited. I wiped everything off and used an external DVD drive to install Debian. Xorg worked with the vesa driver but its going to be a home server running headless anyway.

Pros: I needed this to connect to my ALIX-based embedded firewall. It works without a driver on my linux (Debian) system except to figure out the serial line I had to run $ 'dmesg | grep tty' and it shows up as ttyUSB0. Set this in your serial client connection software. I tested it with minicom and Putty which should be in the packages for your distro. Debian makes liveCDs if you don't have a *nix box.

Cons: None

Overall Review: You might need a separate null modem cable (Female to Female) depending on the device you are connecting to and/or a usb extension cable if you are using this from your desktop.

Pros: Installed two and both were recognized by Debian GNU/Linux immediately. They should work flawlessly on *BSD for the router/firewall box I'm building.

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: The cards are made for servers so they have the PXE (network boot) feature turned on by default. If you are at the keyboard when the system is booting, you can bypass this with Control - D keystroke. To turn off this feature, you have to be fast and press Control - S right after you power on to go into the cards' management interface and make the changes there.

Comments: This is one sweet case. One of my friends mistaked it for the Sonata. However, after doing much research I bought this one instead of the other black Antecs because I did not like the door hiding the drives and it has rubber things for the hard drives which the other ones did not have. The power supply is not cheap although the cables are not sleeved. I'll have to do that myself. The 120mm fan is awesome, however, I had to take it off to fit in my MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum nForce2 Ultra 400 full-size standard ATX motherboard in because it protrudes into the case a little. Comes with plenty of screws and standoffs to install the mobo and other hardware. I installed an Antec 80mm fan I had lying around to the front intake with ease. You can also put one another 80mm one inside on the side exhaust. Get this case if you want a dark black serious QUALITY case for a great price with room for expansion.