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How to compare Mainboard Intel and SupperMicro?

I need to buy some servermain board.
My need: a main for filehosting, single CPU Xeon, 16GRAM, atleast 1 PCEx for use raid card (I plug >10HDD/1Server , and > 10 server for cluster solution, more than 2 GigaNic/1server is better)

I want a compare quality of main Intel and SupperMicro
(For example, X7SBA main-suppermicro, Serie 5000 of Intel ......)
Which main have better quality?

Thanks in advanced!
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I always use Tom's Hardware to compare products.  If he doesn't have it listed then CNET is also a really good source!
Both Intel and SuperMicro makes excellent, stable motherboards -- you can choose either and be confident you're getting a good board.     HOWEVER ... I would NOT buy a server motherboard that doesn't use buffered RAM -- either Registered or FBDIMM modules.    Especially if you plan to populate it with a lot of memory (16GB or more).

This would be an excellent board, and has the dual Gigabit NICs you'd like to have:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121410