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Up to 16 devices can be attached to the Adaptec chip. Adding a RAID Zero board will bring RAID 5 features and a 64 MB cache into play.

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Broadcom's BCM5751 takes care of network connectivity via PCIe.

Unfortunately, Analog Devices' AD1981B does only support stereo sound.

Although Tyan fancies Quality, there are no 4-pin fan headers available. Also, two system fan headers are definitely not enough for a professional product.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.

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