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    Help with raid P5Q deluxe

    Okay well still nothing, I have tried changing power supplies, I have the latest intel matrix storage console and I'm tiring of trying things over and over... Can anyone sugggest a stand alone raid adadpter? Any preference over adadptec, highpoint 3ware or other? Thanks... 4 ports...
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    Help with raid P5Q deluxe

    I'm pretty sure they are all in the correct port... raid drives in port 0,1,2 and 3 port 4 unused port 5 is system disk (non-raid member). I just swapped my power supply for a 650w antec neopower (had an antec 500w before) Read on asus forum that is could maybe be a problem... I...
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    Help with raid P5Q deluxe

    Greetings, I'm at a lost. I have everything installed with the P5Q deluxe board but cannot access my raid volume. It is present in the intel matrix storage console but not in windows explorer nor in the admin tools under storage. They are all plugged in and the bios is set for raid...
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    Help with chosing a raid 5 motherboard

    Budget... Well I know I could got for a dedicated card but I don't think I really need that kind of performance. If I can get something secure and stable that can accept 6 drives then thats fine. I was planning on putting like 200$ for a motherboard. If I spend 50$ more to get the...
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    Help with chosing a raid 5 motherboard

    Greetings, I need help chosing a motherboard. It will be used as a storage/htpc server. Raid 5 is mandatory and so is stability. I plan on getting an E8400 to go with it and DDR2. I will not be using SLI and the more sata headers the better. Thanks for your time, Cheers, Zegg
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    Raid info for htpc please

    Greetings, I am looking into building an array for all my multimedia files. I was thinking about getting 4 drives (either 750gb or 640gb). I'm just not sure how much space I would have if I set up a raid 5 or raid 6 array. Would it be worth it to get an external pciE card, if so can you...
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    Help needed with Intel selection...

    Greetings, I'm building myself a HTPC. My last 7 systems where all AMD based. But with C2D I guess going back to Intel. Parts I have: 1- OCZ (OCZ2T8002GK) DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz Titanium XTC EPP-Ready Edition 2GB (2x1024MB) Dual Channel Kit 2- Asus X800XL (video card) I will not...