pci-e raid setup

Truszy · 17 Jul 2007 at 23:48

I want to get a cheap motherboard + celeron D ~3ghz for building a fileserver.

I'm planning on getting a decent pci-e sata raid controller. Something like a Highpoint RocketRaid 2310 PCI-E 4 Port SATAII card.

The description says that this is a PCI-e 4x card. What motherboard would you reccomend for putting this in?

Wiggins · 18 Jul 2007 at 09:02

Have a look here

Has all the usual treats, PCI-E, DDRII, supports Celeron chips and has a PCI-EX1 slot for the Raid Card.

Not bad for 35 fish

^^^^^
Crap post there, must have been the Bombay Sapphire & Cranberry last night.

lay-z-boy · 18 Jul 2007 at 09:46

and has a PCI-EX1 slot for the Raid Card.

but it is a 4x card. :confused:

Wiggins · 18 Jul 2007 at 10:04

lay-z-boy said:
but it is a 4x card.

PCI-E X4 is found mainly on Server Boards, although you can fit them in any 8x or 16x slot also and some desktop mobo's do have them.

The Highpoint RocketRaid 2310 is used for hot swapping drives mainly, hence the need for 4x slots in servers.

Have a look here for the mobo and here on the specs for the Raid Card.

Nebzor · 18 Jul 2007 at 10:09

Gasp Wiggins, you linked to a competitor.

Zefan is going to 'pwn' you.

Wiggins · 18 Jul 2007 at 10:24

Benjarghmin said:
Gasp Wiggins, you linked to a competitor.

Zefan is going to 'pwn' you.

Phew, found an Asrock with a 4x slot

lol

lay-z-boy · 18 Jul 2007 at 10:32

Wiggins said:
*snip*

Erm...ok?

I know all that, my point was, where would you put it, it wont fit in the 1x slot.

*edit*

mobo has onboard vga by the looks of it so its fine.

my bad