Fastest non-VIA motherboard with RAID??

[LostHiWay]

I'm looking for a new motherboard with RAID that doesn't use a VIA chipset. I've tried the Abit KR7A-Raid and the RAID 0 performance is horrible because of VIA PCI issue.

I need a board with at least 3 dimm slots. I was thinking about the Iwill XP333-Raid but I'm a little unsure about Ali chipsets. Anyone have any this board? or any suggestions for other boards.

 

[cool0221]

Abit kg7 raid.
epox 8k7A+

These are with Amd 761 chipset.
You can also buy ECS K7s5A and a standalone raid card.

 

[Athlon4all]

Another vote for KG7-RAID.

 

[AllDressedUp]

LostHiWay,

I have the Iwill XP333-R, but haven't played with the RAID at all. FWIW, there are number of other XP333 users in AMDMB.com.

 

[oldfart]

KG7 still has a VIA southbridge and will have the same performance issues.

 

[Pabster]

Christ, the guy wants to avoid VIA and you guys suggest a board which uses the buggiest south bridge ever created (VIA's infamous 686B)?

Go with either SiS or, alternatively, ALi. Or even a duallie board, using both AMD north and south bridges. My vote would be the K7S5A (SiS 735).

 

[AZGamer]

<< I'm looking for a new motherboard with RAID that doesn't use a VIA chipset. I've tried the Abit KR7A-Raid and the RAID 0 performance is horrible because of VIA PCI issue. >>



You do realize that this issue can be easily resolved with the PCI latency patch?

 

[Rahminator]

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<< I'm looking for a new motherboard with RAID that doesn't use a VIA chipset. I've tried the Abit KR7A-Raid and the RAID 0 performance is horrible because of VIA PCI issue. >>



You do realize that this issue can be easily resolved with the PCI latency patch? >>



Patch doesn't resolve the issue. It helps to alleviate it, but the speeds still lag behind Intel, ALI and SiS solutions.

 

[Athlon4all]

Ok then, well that makes sense (nothings wrong with KG7-RAID though), then I'd say go ahead and get a XP333-R. It's a solid board, not as fast as KT266a, but still great board.