Pros: 6 cores 40 PCI-E Lanes Dual Socket capable

Cons: None

Overall Review: Bought this for a FreeNAS iSCSI box running 8x 2TB WD Red Pros in a 2x RAIDZ config to back end ESXi. Generally runs at around 6% to 8% usage with 32GB of RAM.

Pros: -2.5" SFF -7200 RPM

Cons: -Less than a year after purchasing the drive, it's dead -Cannot RMA back to Seagate as the DOM is 12/2012. . .looks like goHardDrive (the jokers that sold the drive) shipped a 2012 drive in October of 2016

Overall Review: I am having a harder and harder time recommending Seagate drives. This is the second SFF drive I've had die in a year, yet all the WD drives I have happily chug along for seemingly ever.

Pros: -Clear sound -Comfortable for long periods -Detachable mic -Adjustable mic -Visible mute reminder

Cons: -Oddly placed mute/volume -Cost?

Overall Review: After a few weeks of checking reviews and such, I finally settled on this headset. It definitely wasn't a bad buy at all. The headset is comfortable for long periods (8+ hours) of gaming. The headset is not heavy at all, and the ear cups fit very comfortably around my ears. According to the people I game with, the mic is crystal clear, and I can say the sound is clear. I like that on the end of the mic, there's a bright red LED to indicate whether or not the mic is muted. It's bright enough to be seen in my peripheral vision. My biggest complaint really is the oddly placed mute/volume button. The switch for the RGB is right behind the volume/mute switch, so a few times I've turned on the RGB instead of adjusting the volume. Overall, it's an extremely minor complaint.

Pros: -"Overclockable" to 120Hz refresh rate -Cool design -Very crisp and clear image -Menus are, surprisingly, well arranged -USB ports (2 are even very easily reachable) -Plenty of pre-programmed game/color settings

Cons: -Price (though I got this on sale, so it didn't hurt as much) -Only "overclocks" reliably to 110Hz after 2 weeks of ownership

Overall Review: This is my first venture into the world of any adaptive sync, 100+ refresh rate LCDs. I went from dual 27 inch Viewsonics to this, and it was an awesome upgrade. While it sounds stupid, the menus on this are well arranged. In past experience, usually tweaking a monitor to your personal preferences requires going deep into menus. With this, literally all the customization can be done on the main menu or via the default shortcut buttons. Options to overclock and make the response of the display are in the first level, easy to see and set. The only game I play that seems to have any issues is Diablo 3, but this isn't a surprise; I noticed with higher resolutions when I tried nVidia Panorama with my dual monitors, there were oddities. Going from 60Hz refresh to 120Hz refresh is noticeable in a very good way. Inputs don't feel laggy anymore, image and animations look much smoother. No image tearing, no stuttering. I am very glad I didn't settle for a smaller monitor and decided 120Hz was enough for me due to the junky eyes and reaction time nature gave me. After reading reviews and watching YouTube videos doing somewhat informal testing, I dropped the 144+Hz requirement and instead went more for the features I'd like, such as the ultra-wide resolution and size. *edit* After owning this monitor for about a month, it has begun to flicker at anything over 110Hz. The picture is awesomely crisp and clean, it just doesn't get up to 120Hz anymore. So from 5 eggs to 4 eggs it goes.

Pros: -Quiet -Low power -Shovels packets very well

Cons: -IPMI and BIOS are a pain to update -Passively cooled

Overall Review: I have two of these motherboards, both running pfSense (one is for a business, the other for home). I've been able to run iPerf (TCP stream) through for testing purposes and it pushed approximately 25M pps at about 40% usage across all cores while running that test. Both pfSense servers use 16GB of RAM and a SuperDOM and have been working extremely well. If you're going to run this in a 1U chassis, I wholeheartedly recommend replacing the heat sink with Supermicro's actively cooled heat sink. The firewall I have in a 1U chassis went from idling at about 40C and going up to 90C under load to around 35C and 40C using the active heat sink. Before trying to even use IPMI, make sure to update it to the latest version; it allows for using HTML5 KVM instead of that junk Java KVM that's as stable as Charles Manson. The AES-NI is nice as it will help shovel encrypted packets quickly across VPN tunnels, the 4 onboard NICs are all good-quality Intel NICs, and once IPMI and the BIOS are updated to the latest versions both of those are well featured and work well when needed. Be aware that updating BIOS and/or IPMI can cause the IPMI to lose a static IP assignment and you'll need to use a DHCP assigned IP to get in to set the static IP again. I plan on buying another when the need arises.

Pros: Sound is clear as a bell All day comfort 8 hour battery is great for all day WebEx or conference calls Bluetooth, so you can use it with your UC client on your computer and with a cell phone

Cons: Firmware update was a slight pain Having two devices hooked up via bluetooth and both receive calls causes issues An ear gel that went in-the-ear would be great

Overall Review: Got this when it was below $100. . .well worth it. Software just works with Cisco UC client (Jabber).