I can't find my perfect nforce2 board

[GRIFFIN1]

overclockable
Optical digital out (soundstorm)
RAID

These are my 3 requirements, but I can't find a board with all of them.

 

[Stoerm]

I thought the Asus A7N8X Deluxe had all of these.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

Originally posted by: Stoerm
I thought the Asus A7N8X Deluxe had all of these.

It doesn't have the optical output. Just the coaxial. The problem with this is that my receiver has about 5 optical inputs and only one coaxial input. My DVD player and digital cable box both use coaxial outs, so I'm not using the digital audio for the cable box right now.

I can get a converter from partsexpress.com that will convert coaxial digital to optical for about $17, so I could just get one of those to use with the ASUS MB.

 

[floccus]

A7N8X delux doesn't have optical out, its S/PDIF. Its also only SATA raid.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

SATA RAID is ok. I'll just get some adapters for my drives.

 

[Pilsnerpete]

Has anyone tested the best stripe size on the Asus raid??

 

[Alexandrus]

Originally posted by: GRIFFIN1
overclockable
Optical digital out (soundstorm)
RAID

These are my 3 requirements, but I can't find a board with all of them.

ABIT NF7-S, has SATA RAID, optical out, and it's OCable

 

[GRIFFIN1]

Originally posted by: Alexandrus

Originally posted by: GRIFFIN1
overclockable
Optical digital out (soundstorm)
RAID

These are my 3 requirements, but I can't find a board with all of them.

ABIT NF7-S, has SATA RAID, optical out, and it's OCable

I think you might be right! I didn't think the NF7-S had RAID because it doesn't mention it on the newegg description. Nothing is mentioned about it on the ABIT web site either.

Looks like I have found my "perfect" board. Time to spend some money.

 

[Lonyo]

The Abit board has S-ATA RAID, not basic PATA RAID, so you'd need either an extra PATA to SATA adapter for your HDD (the Abit board comes with 1), or you would need to buy a couple of SATA drives.
There should be PATA > SATA adapters for sale on the Abit website, they're $30 I think, and you'd need one extra. Might be better to buy a cheaper board and get a RAID card for that.