875P Two Urgent Quick Questions: SATA RAID and DDR

[shawnjackson]

Okay everyone I know there is an official thread, but people just dont read them as much... so, two quick questions since my NEO is on the way.

1) I have heard that there are two SATA RAID controllers on the MB. Which one should I use / which one has better performance for a RAID 0 w/ two Raptors? If it matters, I will most likely add two more IDE Hard Drives.

2) Has anyone used 512MB Corsair PC3500C2 2-3-3-7 on this board? Is it plagued like the other Corsair's or no. I want to OC this board bigtime, will this RAM give me the performance / stability I need?

oh... and one last question which I don't think will get answered...

3) Anyone used this board with the Zalman CNSP7000-Au, does it fit properly?

Thanks all who can help!

 

[BG4533]

For the Corsair info you may want to post at the Corsair Memory Support Forum. There are reps of corsair there and regular users. They seem very quick to answer questions and surprisingly honest.

Brian

 

[mac35]

I have no idea about the SATA question but as for the memory question....I'm using 2x256 sticks of Corsair twinx 3200llpt memory running at 2-2-2-5 on my MSI 875p Neo without any problems so I assume your settings would be just fine. As for the heat sink, I run a Vantec Aeroflow Heat Sink and fan and it fit with no problems. I'm not sure if any of that helps.....if it doesnt then consider this a free bump lol.

Mac

 

[shawnjackson]

thanks