Good AMD RAID motherboard?

[srvblues00]

My KT7-Raid motherboard just blew a cap, so it's time for a new board. Right now I have 1.0gb Athlon processor, but at some point in the future I would like to drop in a faster processor. I need a RAID controller.... I am running 4 hard drives and 2 CD drives. So, what's a good board to get? I was kind of eyeing the MSI K7T 266 Pro board, but I'm sure there's other options out there.

 

[Woody419]

Try out the Abit NV7-133R. That is the one I have my eye on. Sure the AGP is only 4x, but that won't slow anything down for years since nothing runs at the full 4x right now anyway.

 

[chizow]

I was kind of eyeing the MSI K7T 266 Pro board, but I'm sure there's other options out there.

Just make sure you get the version that has a KT266A Northbridge and not the vanilla KT266. Significant difference in performance. I believe the KT266A version is the Pro2 RAID. You might also want to check out some of the KT333 boards like the Asus A7V333 w/ RAID. Newegg sells them for pretty cheap, and for a while they were selling refurbed units for like $40.

Chiz

 

[eklass]

my gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra has RAID support... not sure how "good" it is since i'm not doing raid, but the mobo for everything else (unless you're a picky o/c'er)