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On Tuesday 16 May 2006 05:24, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> My recent forays into RAID have made me wonder about upgrading my |
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> motherboard, since AFAIK I can't fit a hardware RAID card to it and it's |
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> 2.5 years old. It's an MSI K8T Master2 FAR. I think you may have a |
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> recommendation for me as to a board for my two Opteron 246s and 4 GB RAM in |
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> four sticks :-) |
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I'll echo Duncan's testimonial for Tyan's S2885 board - it has four PCI-X |
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slots, all are 64-bit, two support up to 133MHz and the other two support up |
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to 100MHz, one 32-bit PCI slot, onboard sound if you're not an audiophile, |
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the AGP slot accommodates AGP-Pro cards, onboard SATA is the SiI 3114 chip, |
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there are two IDE busses. It's fairly ideal for you since you are content |
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with your Quadro FX500 AGP card. I've been running mine almost 24/7 since I |
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purchased it in March '04; it is ROCK SOLID! |
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Bill Tetrault |
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Madison, WI |
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