Which motherboard for P4 Dual server RAID1?

EddScott · 27 Mar 2007 at 12:44

Need help on this. Got most things covered but not sure on the motherboard.

Building a basic RAID1 server for work. Using a P4 Dual CPU and 2 raptor 36s.

Can anyone recommend a suitable board? Also do boards these days not come with onboard graphics? Just need to know if I'll have to get a graphic card too.

Thanks

masslac · 27 Mar 2007 at 12:56

Do you have DDR or DDR2 memory?

You'll likely need a graphics card. Something like a 7300 will do the job.

EddScott · 27 Mar 2007 at 13:29

It will have 2GB PC6400 DDR2. I've factored in the cheapest PCI card available.

EddScott · 27 Mar 2007 at 16:13

I'm thinking of going for Abit AB9 motherboard. Any reason not to? HDs will be 2 36GB raptors.

Snapshot · 27 Mar 2007 at 17:48

AB9 is an excellent board apart from the location of the PATA & floppy connectors. I'm using one with two Samsung 250GB SATA drives in a RAID1.