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Hello! I was wondering if the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UP4 is software or hardware RAID? Looking at a PCIe RAID Controller but not sure if it would be worth it? Also any recomendations on which controllers are best? Cheers

Hello! I was wondering if the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UP4 is software or hardware RAID? Looking at a PCIe RAID Controller but not sure if it would be worth it? Also any recomendations on which controllers are best? Cheers

This is werid, I have just confirmed that RAID1 is working even though the BIOS is back at AHIC. So my steps were: 1. Installed drivers from CD (GUI) then restart 2. Hit DEL key to enter BIOS and set SATA configuration to RAID with IRST, then save and exit 3. Hit CTRL + I to enter RAID...

Evening, yeah I found that thread or one like it, but there is no msahci for windows 8.1, it was called something else, sorry I lost the tread. Besides when I checked it was already set at 0. Also the default motherboard BIOS settings are set to AHCI. Nevermind anyway I have decided to do this...

I have installed some drivers within windows IRST and eRST but its still giving the BSOD. Do I need to install drivers from a boot disk?

Thankyou all for your help so far, not had chance to get stuck in to this over the last few days, been trying to fix a VM machine. Its fixed now. I found the instruction manual which has a good how to guide, I followed them down to a T. 1. First I enabled RAID in the BIOS then saved settings...

Knev, ill look into the bios settings. Not that familiar with how its setup and im haivng difficulty finding the option to just setup RAID 1 on SATA2 ports 2 and 3 Yoji, I didnt think about replication of a corrupted file, I suppost there are two elements here. RAID 1 for drive failure and...

Hello, not sure if you need all the spec but just incase The spec of PC: Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-X79-UP4 Processor: Intel i7 3930k (6 Core, 12 Threads) RAM: Corsair Domminator 1833MHz 32GB (4x8GB) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Graphics Card: SAPPHIRE HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 LOW PROFILE SATA3 0 Samsung...

@ Night Owl Yeah Im going to build I mining rig at some point.... soon as i've been through Keith Barkers CBT Nuggets videos :) @ AnEwG First of all thanks for your time I appreciate the effort all you guys put in. I did price up all of the list you made on eBayUK and it came to £550 On this...

I wish I lived in the US everything cost less! I'm in the UK The PSU is a M2 Silent Pro 520W Thanks for the list, when I get home later I will do some hunting for UK prices :)

Yes so the shopping list is: #Case #Motherboard #CPU #RAM #SSDs #PSU (Maybe) I can just reuse my graphics card for now (HD7750) if going over budget and I have a Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB 7200RPM. Also got a CoolerMaster PSU 520W lol if thats too small then will need one of those too. Just...

Ok so i'm feeling the AMD's a little more now..... think I need to read up on this Hyper threading stuff :) Do you recommend a board and CPU? Is £1K a realistic budget?

Also isnt Intel better than AMD? I always though AMD was cheap brand.......Ive probably just upset loads of people with that statement...however please note my expertise it in networking no computer hardware :)

Thanks for the quick replies... Expected use will be: Multiple HDD or SSD's for the VM's At anyone time I might have: 7 x WinXP's 3 x Ubuntu's 1 x Kaili or BT5 and 1 x Cisco ACS server. Then this would be linked to about 10-15 virtual routers and 4-6 ASA Firewalls in GNS 3. As my...

Hello all, my first post!!! After reading lots of other threads I'm still confused as where to start. I currently have my good old Dell Dimension E520, its upgraded to the MAX. 8GB RAM, Intel Quad Core Extreme 2.66Ghz, SAPPHIRE HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 LOW PROFILE. I've had this since about 2006...