I'm trying to build a network storage box and ran into some troubles with my motherboard supporting larger drives. I currently have a micro-atx ECS P6SET-ML paired with a slot 1 PIII 450mhz, some old sdram, and a 320gb WD hdd. I bought the ECS board thinking I was safe because the latest bios update (2001!) said it fixed support for drives over 64gb. Come to find out, they only pushed it up to 80gb.
So now I'm in the search again for a board, but here's my conundrum: I want the thing to be cheap, so I'd like it to be able to use my sdram. I've accepted the fact I'll have to switch out the board and likely the processor. I also wanted it to be as quiet as possible, consume the least amount of power, and not be overkill for its purpose. I like the pentium because I could run it without a fan and it draws very little power.
But, on the other hand, I don't want to run into this problem again, so I need something recent enough to support multiple 320, 400gb drives.
Anyone have any suggestions? What boards are you using in similar setups? Things that limit my search are the micro-atx form factor and a preference for something with onboard video. Thanks.
So now I'm in the search again for a board, but here's my conundrum: I want the thing to be cheap, so I'd like it to be able to use my sdram. I've accepted the fact I'll have to switch out the board and likely the processor. I also wanted it to be as quiet as possible, consume the least amount of power, and not be overkill for its purpose. I like the pentium because I could run it without a fan and it draws very little power.
But, on the other hand, I don't want to run into this problem again, so I need something recent enough to support multiple 320, 400gb drives.
Anyone have any suggestions? What boards are you using in similar setups? Things that limit my search are the micro-atx form factor and a preference for something with onboard video. Thanks.
