SUPERMICRO MBD-X10DAL-I-O ATX Server Motherboard Dual LGA 2011-3 Intel C612

Pros: There aren't many other motherboards with these same features. The only other motherboard that was compatible with all my components was an ASUS board with far worse ratings. [Pick different components so you can get a different manufacturer's motherboard]

Cons: I have used two of these, and both had serious problems. The first had 7/8 memory slots operational, and the second had 6/8 memory slots operational. The first also had a BIOS password/reset issue -- one day my password no longer unlocked the computer and the password reset functionality of the MB was non-operational, so I had to send it in for repair. But by far the worst part has been the customer service for the repair. It was very well packaged and wasn't traveling very far. They emailed me "upon receiving the shipment" many days later to inform me that they had received the motherboard, but that it had been damaged, many of the pins on the CPU sockets had been bent, and I needed to respond within 24 hours or they would send it back no questions asked and I would have to pay to ship it to them again. I called and told them to keep the package since I would be making an insurance claim with UPS and they'd have to inspect it. They said that was okay. Later, UPS informed me that they weren't able to contact anybody at the company about inspecting the package, so I contacted the RMA department again asking if there was a better way for UPS to contact them, and then they informed me that they no longer have the package. Eventually I had them send me the board back without performing the repairs. The messages sent from this company have been very inconsistent, and at this point I truly feel like I am the victim of a scam, but it makes me slightly happy that I decided not to send any more money to this terrible company.

Overall Review: I wouldn't even recommend this product to my enemies.

Pros: So first off. This motherboard was a pain to install. Originally I thought I had received a dead mobo but I eventually figured out that it was grounding on my case. My solution was to take the original motherboard plastic casing and place it underneath so nothing would short. After I did that, everything worked beautifully. The motherboard has tons of memory slots and I ended up installing 8 x 8 GB sticks. I was able to mount 2 h60's by using these nylon screws I had laying around. I have all 10 SATA ports populated with 6 x 4tb in RAID 5, Blu-ray readers, and 2 SSD's. Everything works perfectly.

Cons: Was extremely difficult to set up but once I figured it out, it all worked perfectly.

Overall Review: I wish there was fan controllers built into the mobo as I had to install my own.

Pros: Ease of installation, powerful. I'm not sure if there was an update to this board but I've had none of the shorting issues other purchasers have had. Not sure if its the chassis it's in (Rosewill 4u) or what but so far so good.

Cons: None at this time.

Overall Review: Currently running 1 Xeon 2620 v4 with 128GB RAM. No room in budget for additional CPU or ram but will certainly add later. Running ESX 6.0.1 with no issues nearly 2 months now.

Pros: Correct configuration boards for what I need

Cons: Have had 2 circuit board failures on different machines and warranty won't cover them. Sent them back to Supermicro and there is no warranty on circuitry damage. Don't understand that but more importantly, that is a 14.3% failure rate on my fleet of machines from Supermicro. I'm looking elsewhere for my next boards.

Pros: 105 GB/s sustained memory with two Xeon E5-2663 v3 2.8 GHz 10-CPUs per socket and 128 GB of Samsung memory. Great 3D seismic floating point box for parallel. Running Suse Leap 42.1 Linux 64-bit

Cons: Holes did not line up with DIYPC D780-BK Black SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case ATX holes. So I had to measure and drill on the case to get most of the holes installed to secure the board to the chassis.

Overall Review: 2 x SUPERMICRO SNK-P0050AP4 Heatsink for Supermicro X9DR3-F Motherboard 1 x EVGA 850 GQ 210-GQ-0850-V1 80+ GOLD 850W Semi Modular EVGA ECO Mode Power Supply 1 x PNY CS1311 2.5" 240GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSD7CS1311-240-RB

Pros: At this writing no pros yet, i've just now gotten it installed in my case and did a basic power up and everything shows up, both CPUs and 4 sticks of memory, dual channel for both, not enough budget for 8 sticks.

Cons: Only real con is the fact that there are 2 stand-offs that i had to remove or else it would short the board or there was no spot for a stand-off... oh what i wouldn't do for some of those plastic stand-offs back in the day of "AT" motherboards. Supermicro, if you say "ATX" then you should make sure that all of your boards will properly fit in an ATX case and also supply a few "plastic" stand-offs to help support where there are no brass ones.

Overall Review: Overall, regardless of unfortunate mishaps with this overall purchase... i would recommend this.

Pros: Expected the same great quality as my previous 7 y.o. Supermicro X8-DAL-i-O but...

Cons: Bought two X10DAL-i-O : one over month ago (have to ship to Supermicro for replacement), another just recently (will ship back to Newegg). On both motherboard, one memory slot # P1-DIMMA1 is defective - if you install there a memory module LRDIMM (SAMSUNG-M386A4G40DM0-CPB - officially supported in this mobo) and other slots remain empty, the system becomes unstable (rebooting, freezing and etc.). But other slots are working good. Supposedly, it is Supermicro's defect related to X10DAL-i models only.

Overall Review: Wasted over 30 days (Newegg's refund/return policy) for replacements and negotiations with Intel (processor), Samsung (memory) and Asus (video card) misled by Supermicro support that the problem related to proc, memory or video card. Checked all components on other motherboard (GIGABYTE MD80-TM0) - everything was working faultless. Ordered another Supermicro X10DAL-i-O - got the same issue (defective P1-DIMMA1 memory slot). So, now will waste another month or more returning first mobo to Supermicro not expecting replacement cuz this issue is definitely related to other X10-DAL-i mobos and they will not provide refund due to their smart warranty policy (if the item not bought directly in Supermicro store, there is no refund in that case). Another mobo will be returned to Newegg (fortunately still have time for refund under their policy).

Pros: -The cheapest dual socket C610 I can find. -It has all the necessary I/Os I will need. Although compared to gaming mobos, it doesn't have a lot.

Cons: -It comes with a buggy bios which only recognises 1.9GB RAM, no matter how large memory you install. -The holes for screws are not actually ATX. Only supermicro's computer case is a perfect fit. I couldn't install one in the upper left corner and another below CPU1 socket. I have to eventually switch to a supermicro's case for long term use. -The fan controlling system does not support 3-pin fans. So you will need a PWM fan to lower the noise. Again, most cases doesn't come with PWM fans.

Overall Review: -This is a good mobo in terms of performance and stability (server mobo). -It gave me nuts when installing it. The good thing is it finally worked.