SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SAT-O ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1150 DDR3 1600/1333/1066

Pros: standard supermicro build quality, everything works great, lots of connectors, good bios configurability

Cons: SATA ports are a challenge to connect if your case is relatively short front-to-back or has drive bays in the middle third. Didn't come with a driver disc, and I needed to download ethernet drivers from Intel directly and transfer via USB key from another system. (Not part of Win8 install)

Pros: Easy set up. Running it with Plextor M6e and no setup problems. Very stable, Reliable

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I like the board. I am using it as a home workstation and gaming system running it with Plextor M6e boot drive, two Samsung EVOs, Intel 4790k, AMD 290x, and Ripjaw ram. No compatibility issues, all plug and play. The only thing I can really say that is not positive is that it can’t overclock. Clearly that is not what this board is meant for, but man that would be pretty great. I appreciate stability and stableness of the board.

Pros: Up to date features and plug and play ease.

Cons: None

Overall Review: My first sever build updating a 9 year old server with new board, cpu, ram and windows server 2008r2. Took me a day and a half to get my office (10 workstations running Windows 7) up and running. I am very pleased!

Pros: Nice board. Thunderbolt port. 4 USB 3.0 ports.

Cons: Was not able to get Linux installed on it.

Overall Review: Linux wasn't a deal breaker as I did have a Windows 7 Pro key. I think if I would have dug deeper I could have found my issue and had Linux working fine, but didn't have the time to get it working.

Pros: None

Cons: Almost got ripped off and purchased this board. The Newegg data says "ECC Supported - Yes". BUT... The manual downloaded from Supermicro, they say is for this motherboard, "MNL-1544" says "DDR3 Unbuffered Non-ECC" Also, the Newegg Data lists SATA 8 x SATA 6.0Gb/s Additional SATA 2 x SATA 6.0Gb/s giving the impression of the board having 10 SATA 3 ports. The Manual says there is a TOTAL of 8. Not 8 with 2 additional Six (6) I-SATA Two (2) A-SATA

Overall Review: The Supermicro web site is terrible and is very difficult to locate information. A search on MBD-X10SAT-O comes up "NOT FOUND". The manual is for the X10SAT.

Pros: Seems like a very solid Mobo. Has a head for just about everything you could need. LGA 1150 socket is nice for cheaper Xeons / Core i series processors.

Cons: Newegg isn't specific about what kind of RAM you need to buy for it; only says ECC, doesn't say it needs to be unbuffered (UDIMM) memory. I knocked an egg for the lack of info, and the delay it has now caused in my DIY SAN project because I need to return the old RAM and get refunded so I can repurchase correct memory.

Overall Review: Will come back and add any other information I get once the board becomes a bootable server.

Pros: Bought nice bundle with CPU from Newegg.

Cons: Worst support I've ever seen! They don't reply at all absolutely ignoring your e-mails. Then they send sudden e-mail (dated 2 months earlier!) and threatening this is the "final notice". I'm not even sure they understand what I was talking about in my inquiries. BTW, have you ever read Supermicro manuals? Specs are not in comply offten, they use older models manuals for new products, then trying to adjust it "on the fly". Shortly, chinese product and chinese quality support.

Overall Review: Wasted money.

Pros: Didn't have a chance to taste them

Cons: Mine was dead. Seems poor quality of assembly or parts.