Recent content by Radius

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    Psuedo-Server board with lots of 6.0gb SATA?

    Yes, very true. I haven't found any suitable boards that have iGPU. I would love to use one of those supermicro boards, but the only one that supports more than 3 RAID 1 arrays is the 3F model which is super expensive. :( Michael
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    Psuedo-Server board with lots of 6.0gb SATA?

    Any advice here? At this point I think I've narrowed it down to the MSI X79A-GD65(8D) Athough this board does not have 2 NIC and not all of the RAID capable ports are 6.0gb, I think it might be a good choice. The only thing I am wondering about is if the system can boot from drives connected...
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    Psuedo-Server board with lots of 6.0gb SATA?

    Hey Everyone.. I am thinking of building a budget storage/backup/enterprise anti-virus server along with some light duty file serving. I don't have the budget to go all out with a dual xeon system. Besides, that would be a little overkill for what I am trying to do here. The idea is to build a...
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    Which Integrated SATA RAID controller to use?

    Hi everyone. :) I'm in the process of planning the assembly of a new system based around a Gigabyte 8KNXP motherboard. I have 2 80GB Seagate SATA drives that I plan to use in a RAID-0 configuration. The 8KNXP has 2 separate integrated SATA controllers. The first is integrated into the Intel...
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    Which of the 2 following boards should I use?

    Ok.. I have a P4-3.06 processor and my choice of the following 2 mainboards to use: Soyo P4VGM (NOT the version 1.0) or Soyo P4I 845PE V1.0 The reason between either of these 2 boards? Cause I have access to both and the price is right. Anyways, I'm leaning towards the P4I 845PE V1.0 due...