Joined on 10/26/02
P5K-VM and Windows Home Server

Pros: I've been working with WHS for a few months and decided to build the ulitmate server box. This motherboard seemed to be the perfect match to an E6750, 4 gigs of ddr2, a 5 drive sata cage and a couple of terabytes of Seagate goodness. Reading reviews here seem to steer people away so I decided to set the record straight concerning this board and WHS. 1st..while the driver disk does NOT support WHS (sees NT 5.2) ALL the needed drivers are on the disk...you just have to install each one separately..no big deal. 2nd..there is NO problem using pata cd/dvd drives as a boot or any other kind of disk. They work on this board in the normal fashion we are all used to. It runs cool and quiet and has just enough overclocking features to give a mild, stable overclock. As usual 'egg got it out and shipped faster than lightning so why buy from anyone else. so..this ain't no monster gaming board but seems to be a cheap workhorse with everyday features built in. PT Las Vegas
Cons: Needs eSata ports and more than 4 sata2 ports..six would have been nice. Needs updated driver disk for all new operating systems.
Overall Review: Don't be afraid to use this in a Windows Home Server build..it works flawlessly.
Too Cheap???

Pros: It didn't take a month to get here.
Cons: Not a happy camper...Would not install...messed around for a couple of hours trying everything I could think of. FINALLY after disabling onboard usb3 in bios it saw the card and loaded drivers and Worked! I then re-enabled onboard usb3 in bios and everything worked fine. 20 minutes later my computer started binging and bonging and I lost the usb3 card..poof it disappeared. I spent another 2 hours adding removing drivers, changed pci-e slots...rolling back the computer to when it all worked..no dice. Looks like it didn't like the USA and took off back to china. What a wasted day. You get what you pay for and I paid a junk price and I got....JUNK!!
A MONSTER!!

Pros: This is the epidemy of desktop computers!! I have built hundreds of computers over the years but this one is the best! Fast FAST FAST!!
Cons: The only thing this setup is missing is the driver disk and manual. I have looked all over and have failed to find these important items.
Overall Review: yes yes nothing
Finally

Pros: Installed card....installed driver...Worked as it supposed to...no cussing...no drama....10 minutes...and I'm done. what a difference 5 bucks makes..(boo Tomotop). 9 dollar promo dicount was also nice
Cons: didn't order this one first
sg41j1

Pros: Local b/m had these on sale for $139. Not the Red Faction..just the 41j1 (ddr2). Was down sizing fron antec 900's on a couple of my systems and these units worked fine. E7500 went in one and a q6600 went in the other. The 6600 was out of thermo specs but worked fine without any problems. Can't beat these for the $ as both were work horse machines..one a weather monitor and the other a dedicated email machine. Remember the plus version is ddr3 in case you didn't know the difference. PT Las Vegas
Cons: none