Pros: I wanted to build a home server, low power, quite, that supported multiple hard drives. My build included this component and fit the bill perfectly. I have now a very quiet server, using very low power, with more than 5TB mirrored drives (raw is >10TB). Strongly recommended. My build: - BitFenix Phenom BFC-PHE-300-KKXKK-RP Mini-ITX computer case - Rosewill Green series 530W 80 PLUS Bronze power - ASUS H87I-PLUS Mini ITX motherboard - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL - Intel Core i3-4130T 35W (super low power) - Crucial M500 120GB Sata 2.5" SSD - 5 Hard Drives, all Western Digital Green, from 1TB to 4TB - Windows 8.1 Everything is low power, I use the integrated graphics of the CPU, and the SSD keeps the build quite fast. With Windows I created a single 'storage space' that takes all the 5 hard drives and makes it look like a single multi terabyte hard drive, and I selected to have everything mirrorored. No fuss with RAID, it is all in Wnidows. I don't use a monitor or keyboard (only used it to set it up), as I connect remotely via remote desktop. I chose these components to make sure they were all compatible - it has been running 24/7 for the past 4 weeks with no problem, no heat, no noise. I serve my music to my Sonos components, backup all my work, share all my pictures, and could even remotely access it (I have not set that up yet).

Cons: No cons.

Overall Review: I had to flash the new BIOS, no problem. I had to reseat the memory and ended up buying a motherboard speaker to hear the beeps and help me diagnose the memory seated incorrectly. Running like a champ.

Pros: Solid board, connections and soldering look good, no flex, built in raid support is reliable (2 Seagate 3TB drives in RAID1) and easy to setup. The 6 SATA ports come in super handy since its a server setup.

Cons: On the bottom side of one RAM slot you can tell the squared off edge was snapped. Purely cosmetic but it's a piece towards the middle of the board... puzzles me how it got there. -1 Egg

Overall Review: This is a multi-use home server machine. "Idle" is 2 empty Minecraft servers and a rather busy seedbox. Other services running include FTP, RDP, WINS, Active Directory with file and media shares. CPU: Intel Pentium G3420 3.2Ghz Dual Core MoBo: ASUS H87I-PLUS Micro-ITX RAM: 2X4GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR31600 9-9-9-24 PSU: Corsair CX430M Case: LIAN LI PC-Q25B OS Drive: Samsung 830 64GB SSD Seed Drive: Samsung 830 64GB SSD Storage: 2 Seagate 3TB in RAID1

Pros: Color scheme, 8 USB ports, 6 sata ports, HDMI, Modern Bios, sata cables aren't red

Cons: no wifi/bluetooth

Overall Review: Build: Lian Li TU 200 Noctua NH-L9i Intel Core i5-4430 2 x Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) SILVERSTONE ST45SF-G 450W PSU with PP05-E Short Cable Set ASUS DVD-Writer

Pros: Very good ITX motherboard, with the largest number of USB ports of all ITX boards.

Cons: I really don't think there are any cons

Overall Review: i5-4130T 2.9GHz 35W Haswell ADATA XPG v1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) Samsung 840 pro SSD Lian Li PC-Q28A Had to manuall set RAM to 1600 (not a big deal). Very easy install. Small, fast and quiet. Runs great! Any time you are thinking about purchasing computer components, you should be searching the web for hardware reviews. There are many excellent hardware review web sites out there. Learn it, know it, live it.

Pros: Inexpensive mini-ITX 1150 with 6 sata

Cons: Despite what Asus's website says, it does not work with G3220. I get no DVI out and no way to upgrade the BIOS. Asus support was limited to asking if I remembered to plug it in.

Overall Review: I switched to ASRock Z87E-ITX. It was more money, but worked fine.

Pros: put this MB into Silverstone mini itx case with an i7-4770K cpu. I used the one pci-e slot for a very fast OCZ revodrive 3 X2 harddrive device. There are plenty of USB 3.0 and Sata3 slots and there is MB raid for expansion. MB works fine with no heat problems and no issues of any sort. It is quiet. We are not using a Video card relying on the CPU as this is in a business environment with heavy multitasking.

Cons: If we leave the Asus software for OC up we get crashes in a few days. Once you are happy shift the software settings to the bios and you won't get crashes.

Overall Review: We might upgrade by changing to some raid 0 SSDs and putting a video card in the freed up PCI-e slot. We have some AMD cpus on Asus MBs in the office too but AMD cannot compete if you want raw power in a small form factor as distinct from an ATX case where It surpasses an intel cpu without a video card IF paired with a video card.

Pros: Beautiful UEFI Bios. AI Suite is easy to use. 6 Sata ports, which is hard to come by in a Mini-ITX board.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I have this in a Fractal Designs Node 304 case with an i5 processor, and it handles everything I throw at it. I opted for this board because of the 6 sata ports, and my case can hold 6 HDD's. No complaints.

Pros: Solid construction, including all solid state capacitors. Good layout for my Mini ITX NAS build, which used a Lian Li PC-Q25 case (specifically, most of the SATA connectors were on the edge of the board facing the HDD cage). Includes HDMI, VGA, and DVI ports and a ton of USB 3.0. Would work really well for an HTPC build as well as a NAS build. BIOS setup program is gorgeous and is keyboard and mouse driven.

Cons: Specs here on NewEgg say it has a TPM chip. That is a lie. Manufacturer specs don't list this, and it doesn't have one.

Overall Review: There is a good reason I only buy ASUS boards anymore. They make good stuff. I had another one of their boards that was sitting in a pile on a shelf for 5 years and still ran.