64 Bit PCI on NForce2?

[p0rng0d]

I just bought a 3Ware Escalade 8500-4 SATA Raid controller so I could do RAID 5. I want to build an AMD/NForce2 system around this. However, none of the NForce2 mobos I see have 64bitPCI slots. What are my options? Thanks in advance.

 

[svol]

There are no nForce2 boards with 64 bit PCI slots as the nForce2 chipset doesn't support it and the market for nForce2 boards with 64 bit slots is close to zero.

Possibly the only AMD boards with 64 bit PCI slots are server/workstation boards.... but they are very expensive.

But if your controller also works on 32 bit PCI slots you could use it that way.

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[p0rng0d]

damn, never even thought that would work (there has to be an auto-sensing feature in the RAID card BIOS then?). The documentation for my 3Ware card says it does. So simple...you're a lifesaver. Thank you.

 

[pIII_Man]

but it will be limited to only 133mb/s bus...so if you hang 4 drives off of that all of them will be severely bandwith limited!

3 386DX-25's...12 volts...glue some ln2 and a wicked amount of overclocking and you get a willamantee minus 36 pins, 33.75 million transistors and a couple hundred mhz...

 

[svol]

Not if he uses 3 drives in RAID 5 configuration. But yes if he hooks up many HDs he might run out of bandwith.

I love my Delta 60HP 7000 RPM fan that puts out more dB then CFM