What motherboard to use?

[jonnyg]

Hello,

Ive had a look around, but im quickly losing my options here:

I need a motherboard, socket 939, PCI-express, more than 3 PCI slots, but with SATA II RAID, preferably with RAID 0, 1 and 5 options. Am i going to have to look into getting an expensive controller, or can it be done with another way?

Thanks,
John

 

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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS)

• Supports Socket 939 for AMD®

• One PCI Express x16 slot (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• One PCI Express x4 slots (support PCI Express x2 only)
• One PCI Express x1 slots (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Four 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface).

• NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports(SATA 1 to 4). Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s.

NV RAID (Software)
• Supports up to 4 SATA and 4 ATA133 Hard drives
- RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, JBOD is supported
- RAID function available for ATA133+SATA H/D drives

Silicon Image's SATARAID5™ (Software)
• RAID 0 or 1, RAID5, RAID10, and JBOD groups are supported
• Support up to 4 SATA devices connected to a single controller