Pros: It took a few minutes to mount in a full tower and a server case ( bought a second one after being impressed with the board ). No problems with installing Gentoo Linux and Win7, traditional Phoenix bios loaded with all features I expected, dual LAN, several SATA, standard ATX size design, several FAN connectors, room for adding several PCI-E cards, very good CPU support - perfect for a server or a workstation.

Cons: - just 4 FB-DIMM slots - no PCI-E 16x slot ( PCI-E 8x slot mod needed if you want to run a PCI-E 16x video adapter )

Overall Review: It is not the first time that I see Windoz users or worse - the admins complaining about lack of "hardware" compatibility or stability issues. This product is a good example where Windoz folks're lowering the product's rating because of their lack of required research, often knowledge... the list could become long. For those Supermicro should consider offering a version of their boards with Windoz pre-installed, configured, updated, spyware protected, ready for AD - with free lifetime, dedicated, 24/7 on-site support. :-]

Pros: cheap, still running after 3 months

Cons: the SMART reporting is messed up on this drive, every spin up/down cycle causes errors in SMART reporting, I hoped it would be fixed after the firmware update... in many cases, the HARD errors on the dive shown by SMART are false reports. no way of disabling the spin down - built in the F/W ( green drives will save you a fortune - 3-4 bucks a year on your power bill ) since I do not trust this drive, it acts as a secondary backup storage media... for "unimportant" or / recoverable data... sad...

Overall Review: in the '90, seagate was on the bottom of my list, since their SCSI drives were getting so hot, it was not possible to hold them in a hand for more than 5 seconds ( well vented server cases ) this was the warmest and expensive drive, with live span approx 2-3 years... again, sad

Pros: got this CPU as a replacement for a E5200... running 24/7 for almost 2 years OC 4.0 GHz with core temp 28C idle and 48C at full usage. It was a great buy in 2010... now rather spend the money on a 1155 or even 2011... unless you can buy this one for $80 somewhere....

Cons: 1156 socket is near EOL

Overall Review: I hope to enjoy as much the future Intel products as I did this CPU! >>always spend some time on research before you spend your $$$ <<

Pros: Nice large Heatsink, will keep the chips cool if you have decent air flow inside your case, i bumped it up to +-1100 MHz and ran the system overnight at 100%, stable, the CL2 and timings of 5-5-5-15 really show nice performance increase over some other brands i tested, the warranty and the Corsair name along with NewEgg reliability makes the best choice for DDR2 and DDR3 RAM purchases!

Cons: zero

Overall Review: I did do corporate purchases at newegg.com - 99.5% met my expectations, after years I opened a personal account, hope I will stay as satisfied as I am right now. Thanks!