It’s been a while now since we have looked at anything new from Supermicro’s camp and the newest edition to the fold is the Supermicro C2SBA+.    This mainboard is aimed squarely at the both Overclockers & Professional Workstations.   Yes that’s right they have now truly met the demands of the gamers and it really does hold a lot of potential for those looking for those all important tweaks to gain optimal performance.   In the past Supermicro’s ATX boards have been aimed directly at the OEM’s and System Integrators though a few specialised resellers that do sell direct to the public.   These mainboards from Supermicro do come at a premium but taking into account the Superb R & D, the build quality of the mainboard and finally its complete reliability and stability it’s easy to see why.

To cap off the review and show just how excellent a mainboard this truly is we have today also an Exclusive look at the new FireGL V5600 mid range professional graphics card.   The FireGL V3600 has caused an almighty storm within the professional community already.   Raw power and extremely cheap!  What does it elder brother have to offer; well we shall see later on but we can say you will not be disappointed at all.   Remember that this is a Professional Card that romps in just under £300 UK Pounds or $600 US Dollars.

Combining two such awesome products in one review is going to be a tad heavy going for the reader but this golden opportunity really does merit the time and effort.   This system set-up is what the average studio or budget SoHo user should be looking at in cost performance ratio.

Firstly let’s start by looking at what Supermicro’s new C2SBA+ Mainboard brings to the table and selectively look at the key features it has to offer.

The Mainboard comes supplied with Intel’s GMAS 3100 Graphics Engine for onboard graphics, this does output a fair sharp display and for those of you who are looking at a sound platform with this added feature you will not go far wrong.   The onboard audio from High Definition 7.1 Channel Audio; playback through our simple but effective TDK speaker system is sharp and crisp. 

The onboard graphics and Audio are very easily enabled and disabled through the bios settings which are simple enough for the elementary upgrader to achieve.  Therefore these added features from the C2SBA+ are a superb benefit of those of you wishing extra features at low cost.    With planned upgrades at a later date when your budget can meet the requirements of the parts needed.