Bottom line, the Supermicro X9DRH-7TF is a package that includes top of the line components at what amounts to a 53% discount over buying them separately. If this fits into your overall IT architecture it makes an extremely strong case as a high-performance and high-value platform.
The TP-LINK TL-SG1008D is an inexpensive unmanaged 8-port gigabit Ethernet switch. It clearly focuses on lowering costs which is OK. For $28 it certainly achieves those goals.
A quick view of where STH is as of July 2013. We touch upon some of the behind-the-scenes items with the site now that it is a little over four years old
The Intel Xeon E3-1240 V3 is a mid-rangel 4 core 8 thread Haswell Xeon. It has all of the features of higher end LGA1150 Xeons at the lowest price point and is very competitive with previous generations of E3-1200 series processors.
The Supermicro X10SLQ is a business oriented Q87 motherboard that supports vPro and has basically everything one would need for a high-end business desktop
