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Most Favorable Review

Another Solid Product from Super Micro

SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O LGA 1155 Intel C204 Micro ATX Intel Xeon E3 Server Motherboard
SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O LGA 1155 Intel C204 Micro ATX Intel Xeon E3 Server Motherboard

Pros: This is an awesome m-atx server board. I paired it with 16gb of KVR1333D3E9SK2 and it posted the first time out of the box and runs like a champ under load. Using an E32130 CPU which is basically a 2600k with ECC support. This is a solid ESXI 5.0 server so far and I highly suggest it for those looking for a m-atx server for this purpose. Using it as a ESXI 5.0 testing lab and it's impressive. The ipmi port let's me manage this testing server from my workstation without an extra m

Cons: Takes a long time to post and the POST beeps are weird, I thought it was a post error the first time it powered on... no biggie. 32gb is not realistic with 4 dimms in today's memory market. If you're using this for ESXi the 82579LM is not yet supported, but you can get a nice intel card for 30$, plus drivers for the 82579LM should be available soon.

Overall Review: I build a lot of enterprise level servers and super micro boards are the absolute best in their class, this board is worth the money if you want a solid box with 16gb ECC RAM and a nice For those who wrote about problems with memory modules, make sure you are using memtest 4.2, the older versions of memtest don't support sandy bridge and you'll get weird results on those versions of memtest even though your memory is working fine. Also it does come in the wrong box, as someone else wrote. Weird, but it's still an awesome server board buy it if you need it.

Most Critical Review

Great with WIN7 Not So much with newer linux kernels

Rosewill RNX-N2X IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB2.0 Wireless-N 2.0 Dongle (2T2R) Up to 300Mbps Data Rates WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication).Cisco CCS V1.0, V2.0 and V3.0 compliant, Vista/ MAC 1.3/10.4/10.5/10.6 Ready
Rosewill RNX-N2X IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB2.0 Wireless-N 2.0 Dongle (2T2R) Up to 300Mbps Data Rates WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication).Cisco CCS V1.0, V2.0 and V3.0 compliant, Vista/ MAC 1.3/10.4/10.5/10.6 Ready

Pros: Works great on my WIN7 box getting 297mbps connection and excellent signal strength

Cons: Doesn't work with WPA2 on the newest version of Ubuntu (11.04), specs say it's compatible with linux kernel 2.6.x and it is detected but it won't work with WPA2 only unsecured networks; disappointed with the bad linux support for this device.

Overall Review: This is a ralink chip and it works well, especially if you want to save a few $ over the engenius adapter, if you want to spend the extra money i suggest engenius products.

Win 8 Fail!

StarTech.com USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet NIC Network Adapter
StarTech.com USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet NIC Network Adapter

Pros: Works on Mac and Win7

Cons: Bought this adapter to use on the USB 3.0 port on my Asus Windows 8 Laptop, the unit does not work at all, other reviewers say it picked up the driver automatically. However when I plug mine in it says the USB device has malfunctioned and does not show up in Device Manager to try and use different drivers.

Overall Review: At least I only wasted $30.00 on these piece of garbage.

AWESOME!!

Unisar NC480 Circumaural Compact Noise Canceling Headphones G5
Unisar NC480 Circumaural Compact Noise Canceling Headphones G5

Pros: These are great headphones for their price... do a great job of noise cancelling and the audio quality is good, of course if you're an audiophile you're probably not buying $40.00 head phones, but these are worth their price, very high quality

Cons: If you've got a huge head they might be too small.

Overall Review: These have to be the best value out there, it seems like a lot of 80$ headphones aren't this good.

Looks Good/Low Profile but that's it

ZALMAN CNPS8000A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
ZALMAN CNPS8000A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

Pros: Looks good & it's low profile

Cons: The mounting system for this device is terrible and really can cause major flex in your motherboard.

Overall Review: I'd by something else, even though I usually like zalman this didn't mount well on my socket 1155 and the mounting system is terrible, go elsewhere.