Pros: Super Micro's tech support is excellent. I called a bunch of times ironing out some details concerning compatibilities with raid controllers, ram, ... My questions were dealt with quickly and professionally. Could not ask for more. All aspects of the board seem to function as expected.

Cons: Very difficult to find recommended RAM for. I tried their recommendations at Newegg, ZipZ00mFly, and Tiger Direct, no go. I tried 4 Gs of Kingston KVR667D2N5K2/4G and they work nicely.

Overall Review: This board pairs nicely with 3Ware's 9650SE-12ML. My first attempt at building a raid 5. Several calls to 3Ware's tech support (also very good), and the cranial extraction was successful (manual has no details on how to build a raid). Use the latest driver on their site under XP 32.

Pros: None

Cons: I tried this in 2 known good systems: Asus A8N-SLI rev 2 (PCI 32 bit slot only) Tyan Thunder S2469 rev .04 (both in PCI 64 bit and PCI 32 bit slots) Neither system would POST with this card in. Assuming card is DOA and applied for and received RAM.

Overall Review: I should have realized that because it is connected to the NAS bt eSATA that it would most likely not as fast as the NAS. I have my NAS connected to a 10gb port and the NAs also has a 10gb port. I can get between 750 MB/s to 1GB/s transfer rate. To this expansion unit I get about 250 MB/s. I am not saying that is a bad thing, just making sure that you are aware.

Pros: It did not blow up my house

Cons: Alienware XPS17 9700 with windows 10 got error "USB device not recognized the last use device you connected to this computer malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it".

Overall Review: Would not recommend

Pros: 6 year warranty from a well established name in the buisness. Perfect for confining cases where quite and good airflow is necessary. Comes with ALL the cabling for any situation, quality cables. They did thier homework for the optimum designed airflow. No christmas tree lights, THANK YOU!

Cons: Not cheap, in all regards, in this case you get what you pay for.

Overall Review: Used these in a HTPC build in a SilverStone GD08 case. Very happy with the results. Would definitely do again. Noctua is my fan of choice going forward.

Pros: 6 year warranty from a well established name in the buisness. Perfect for confining cases where quite and good airflow is necessary. Comes with ALL the cabling for any situation, quality cables. They did thier homework for the optimum designed airflow. No christmas tree lights, THANK YOU!

Cons: Not cheap, in all regards, in this case you get what you pay for.

Overall Review: Used these in a HTPC build in a SilverStone GD08 case. Very happy with the results. Would definitely do again. Noctua is my fan of choice going forward.

Item delivered to the wrong state which I have found is a common theme with this seller. I would recommend shopping elsewhere