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More info?)
I'm running 2 sata 160 gig drives in Raid 0. I'm using the Promise Raid. I
initially setup using the Via Raid but as soon as I overclocked to 10% the
Via Raid config was lost. I have seen a lot of posts about the Via Raid not
functioning well with any overclocking whereas the Promise can handle it
well.
I am very pleased with this board as the performance and stability is
fantastic.
Antec SLK3700AMB
Enermax 420W
A8V Deluxe.
Newcastle 3500+
1 Gig PC3200 setup in Dual Channel
BFG 6800 Overclocked.
"name" <vze4j6mv@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:42310CFB.8050400@verizon.net...
> Bob Knowlden wrote:
>> A word of caution:
>>
>> The A8V Rev 2 requires BIOS version 1007 or later, to work properly with
>> Winchester CPUs. Some of the newer CPUs want BIOS 1009.
>>
>>
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
>>
>> It may be possible to update the BIOS if you have a Winchester CPU, but
>> I've not done that. (My 3500+ is a Newcastle, purchased last summer. The
>> Thermalright XP-120 heatsink that I'm using with it is probably absurd,
>> but it weighs less than some smaller all-copper ones.)
>>
>> I've had no trouble with the Via SATA RAID controller, with a mild
>> overclock (220 MHz FSB, AGP/PCI lock set to 66/33 MHz). This is with a
>> pair of WD1600JD drives in RAID 0. Some recommend using the Promise
>> controller instead, but I haven't tried it.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Bob Knowlden
>>
>> Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>>
>> "name" <vze4j6mv@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:423080AC.7040000@verizon.net...
>>
>>>CapeGuy wrote:
>>>
>>>>Forgot to mention that I'm running an IDE drive as
>>>>well as two SATA drives too. No problems at all.
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>>>Thanks for the info. I'll go with the Winchester. I have an Antec full
>>>tower with 3 fans and with no intensive cpu loads I'm not worried about
>>>heat. How's the RAID software with this board?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
> That's important to know. There's not too much of a price difference, so
> whatever is easiest to setup. I'm more concerned about the right heatsink
> and grease, probrably Thermalright and Artic Silver, but I'm ordering from
> newegg.com and there good about letting you know what you need. I'm
> ordering RAM from Mushkin and their reps are, also, very knowledgeable.
> I'll play around with both RAID controllers and see what happens. I'm not
> sure which controller I'm going to boot from, it depends if I'm going with
> SATA drives now or later.
>
> I thank you for all your help.