Pros: Heavier, yet smaller than I expected. Installation was a snap, provided everything you need in the packaging. The built-in level is a nice touch, and the fact that the arm snaps in place makes it a sinch for mounting.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I'd recommend mounting this directly to a stud using the provided screws, wouldn't rely on drywall ancors!

Pros: cheap, 8G

Cons: slow, avg < 10MBps sequential writes average across entire media (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdf obs=1M). Expected better, a 2G 133x Transcend I have is faster, must be the use of MLC instead of SLC. Not bootable. Tried with CF->IDE and CF->SATA adapters for a low-power set-top-box. A 266x 2G card I have _is_ bootable in the same setup. Not sure the reasons for this, read an article recently that suggests a lot of CF cards have non-compliant UDMA support though (Slashdot story on 07/12/2008)...

Overall Review: Apparently supermicro has really slimmed down what they include with a chassis purchase these days, even moreso if you are not using a supermicro motherboard. For one, no rail kit is included and it cannot be installed in a rack without one. You need either MCP-290-00053-0N or MCP-290-00058-0N as those are both listed as compatible. Next, if not using a supermicro motherboard, you'll probably need a 8pin power extender as one is extremely short and my ASRock ROMED6U-2L2T motherboard required it. I ordered a supermicro CBL-0062L. Another item is they do not include a breakout cable for their proprietary front panel connector anymore. You must buy the Supermicro splitter CBL-0084L to connect to any motherboard that is not a supermicro. Finally, no miniSAS HD cable is included to connect to the backplane and RAID and HBA controllers rarely include those these days either, so don't forget to pick yourself up one of those (e.g. CBL-SAST-0593, but i went with a cheaper generic) . I'm still waiting for my "accessories" to arrive, so haven't been able to power it on yet.

Pros: feels like solid construction. Ok layout.

Cons: The circuit board the fans connected to was bad, only half the fans would work unless you tweak the board. Just ripped it out and replaced the _loud_ fans with just 2 quiet ones which was sufficient cooling, plugged one into the mobo to be speed controlled, the other one just plugged into a molex. Mounting the powersupply seemed unnecessarily cumbersome, could probably do it faster next time though.

Overall Review: would have given it 3 eggs if it wasn't so cheap Used an Antec EarthWatts 380 PS.

Pros: Works great, at least for a home network. Runs cooler than expected. Inexpensive.

Cons: not managed, physically larger than equivalent Linksys/CiscoSMB switch

Overall Review: If purchasing for business use, probably be wise to go with the HP 1800-8G or Linksys/CiscoSMB SLM2008 instead.

Pros: probably the best n-router you can get for DD-WRT, supports the 'mega' firmware.

Cons: Ethernet switch doesn't do gigabit, needed 8 ports anyhow, just got a HP 1400-8G to go with it.

Overall Review: g/f threw out box before I could take the UPC label, no rebate for me :/