Spec me a good storage minded board (775)

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Hey guys, im looking for a new board for my q6600 but im not after blazing overclocking or SLi madness, my only stipulations are:-

Full ATX
Maximum possible SATA ports internal (6 min)
Native RAID 0/0+1

budget limit is £100

any advice?
 
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P5Q Pro Turbo is a very good mobo. Good reviews, i know you said you don't want to overclock but it's great for overclocking which is a bonus. Also crossfire to :p
 
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Not sure if you'll find any 775 boards with more than 6 SATA. Have you considered a PCI SATA controller?

I have 2 in there, 12 1Tb sata's 6 native 4 on a RAID controller card and 2 on another VIA card. Thing is my P5QL Pro doesnt have RAID nor does it alow me to boot from an add-in PCI card (unless someone can tell me how!!)

As mentioned, under budget as well.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-341-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1155

OT But why is the BlackOpps so cheap :eek:

Does this board deffo have raid? Because my P5QL Pro Doesn't for some stupid reason! Also i can get that Blackops board for about £80 would that be a good choice? I really want a RAID0 boot drive as i CBA shelling out on SSD right now
 
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Does this board deffo have raid? Because my P5QL Pro Doesn't for some stupid reason! Also i can get that Blackops board for about £80 would that be a good choice? I really want a RAID0 boot drive as i CBA shelling out on SSD right now

Looks like it :)

http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=c19zNYHCAXhCqBPq&templete=2

Southbridge
5 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
JMicron® JMB361 SATA & PATA controller:
1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 for up to 2 PATA devices
1 x External SATA 3Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
Silicon Image Sil5723 (Drive Xpert technology):
2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports
Supports EZ Backup and Super Speed functions
*Drive Xpert function is available only when the hard disk drives are set as data drives.
**Due to the Windows XP/ Vista limitation, the RAID array with the total capacity over 2TB cannot be set as a boot disk. A RAID array over 2TB can only be set as a data disk only.

Although from that description I get the impression that all eight drives can't be used for RAID, anyone else get that?
 
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