Pros: Many SATA ports, low power, fast enough, inexpensive, durable in my experience.

Cons: I am amending my prior comment about FREENAS 8.2 Beta not working with the onboard NIC. Cons-> none. Would probably direct a fan onto the heat sink.

Overall Review: I am amending my prior comment about FREENAS 8.2 Beta not working with the onboard NIC. It seems the USB I was booting freenas from was corrupted. The newest 8.2 Beta does have drivers for this NIC and just got it to work for me with a new USB stick.

Pros: Running as a file server / desktop (I have a larger windows gaming rig) in a Lian Li PC-Q08B case with 8gb gskill sniper low voltage ram, 2 x 1.5tb wd green drives, 4 x 2tb samsung green drives and and antec 380w earthwatts . Even while stressing both cores, the case blows out cool air, so you know it doesn't make much heat. It runs Ubuntu 11.04 great (once I worked around the minor driver problems).

Cons: The usb2 on here seems a bit sluggish compared to other board's usb2 (my Adata Superior 16gb reads at about 19MB/s instead of the 29Mb/s i've seen). Could be an Ubuntu issue? Personally, I would like to see more audio outputs, usb3 and maybe another sata or esata. Well you can't have everything ;)

Overall Review: Under Ubuntu 11.04, the realtek 8168B was being loaded by the 8169 driver which after a while have connection issues and cause system instability. I blacklisted the driver in "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf", downloaded compiled and installed the correct driver from Realtek's site. Seems to have fixed the issue. Also the open source Radeon driver seems to have stability issues (with compiz/unity) after a while of use. So I used jockey to install the AMD fglrx driver which cleared that up. I think both of these issues was due to the hardware being so new, giving Ubuntu little or no time to test before the 100.04 release. Things should improve for the next release.

Pros: Well priced, enjoying better performance than my 1.6 ghz dual-core atom, or single core atom. 8GB memory, Openindiana [Solaris derived] using ZFS with 4 1TB WD Drives in RAIDz and a boot drive. Boots up fast, very happy. Tons of SATA ports, all 6Gb/s, not that you will ever get that speed without ssd.

Cons: No onboard RAID. Hopefully I didn't miss it somewhere, but I saw *no* options for software RAID in the BIOS. EFI BIOS isn't exactly a speed demon. No HDMI audio possible without 3rd party card. Two fan controllers, could have used 3-4 total.

Overall Review: Really enjoying the board, doesn't make any heat at all it seems

Pros: -Stable -6 Sata 6Gbps Ports!!! -Passive Cooling (that actually keeps it cool!) -FreeBSD works installs & runs a hitch -Cheap -Gigabit Ethernet Running FreeBSD on it for 2.5 months, the only reboot was due to a momentary power loss at the house. Threw 8GB of Ram in it and it's handling torrenting, media streaming and ZFS with the CPU well bellow 50%. It currently sits in a 10 year old steel case with a few front & back plates removed (couldn't find them) and the CPU heatsink is usually cool to the touch (luke warm when under full load). So far the only fan in it is the one built into the power supply and I have no plans to add more. With the power LED disconnected, you pretty much have to stick your head up to the side of it to tell if it's even on!

Cons: No USB3 or dual ethernet. Also lacking e-sata, but will probably just toss a sata->esata bra bracket in.

Overall Review: Remember to disable IDE mode in the UEFI!

Pros: Quality construction. 6 onboard SATA ports. Passive cooling works extremely well even with mediocre airflow. Decent integrated graphics. RTL8111E is well-supported in recent *nix distros. Hardware-Assisted Virtualization. Well-appointed BIOS.

Cons: PCI-e 2.0 16x slot functions in 4x mode. No HDMI port. 24-pin and 4-pin power sockets are nearly flush against the edge of the PCB with clip edges facing outward--could make power cable attachment difficult in some mini-ITX cases.

Overall Review: In the past few months this item has served time as a Win7 workstation, an 8 TB NAS, an emergency hypervisor for rebuilding a failing XenServer pool, a temporary Asterisk communications server, and finally a tiny BDR bolted to an office wall. It has performed flawlessly in each application. The E35M1-I has been a supremely reliable product, with the inability to completely power-off under Citrix XenServer 5.6 SP2 the only snafu I've encountered. Don't expect it to contend against a Core i7 in processing power. This is a reliable, compact, low-horsepower, energy efficient solution for less demanding applications.

Pros: Dropped it in a Lian Li PC-Q25B case and I was up and running. Using it as a small file/media server. This combo is nearly silent. Using all 6 SATA ports w/ no problems. Although CPU use averages 50-75% most of the time due to Stablebit Drivepool running and streaming media the board shows no signs of hiccuping or overheating. Great low power board if you are looking for one with maximum SATA ports.

Cons: No USB 3.0 - would have to add through an expansion card.

Overall Review: This board DOES work w/ G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-8GBSR memory for anyone concerned about finding compatible RAM for this board.

Pros: Passive heatsink, low power CPU, lot's of SATA ports. AMD & ASUS are always a good combination.

Cons: Previous reviews pointed this to be a good Ubuntu Server setup with a software RAID array. So far I've had a week of pulling hair out trying to get my 5 drive 1.5TB array to work. After trying 3 different versions of Ubuntu Server and suffering crashes every time I transfer files, I finally tried my array in another system, and had no problems. It's looking like this board is going to get sent RMA.

Overall Review: I was VERY excited to see AMD put competition against the Atom, as I prefer AMD over Intel. I was also VERY happy to see this on an ASUS board, as I have had great luck with every ASUS product I've used, and have gone to use them whenever possible. This board was looking perfect, but I'm very dissapointed.

Pros: I questioned the MB Dual Memory. Asus replied. Thank you for contacting ASUS.... The model for sale in Asia and NA region doesn’t have the same spec. (the one newegg has is a dual channel board) Please contact us at 812-282-2787 if you have any questions.----Aaron L, ASUS Product Support Team

Cons: The only thing missing from this board is USB3, but it can be added with a PCI board. The Deluxe model's heatsink seems like overkill but this heatsink is just right.

Overall Review: For memory, the Crucial 2MB CT2kit12864BA1339.8FF boards work great with no problems.