Evga 730i 113-YW-E115-RX- 8 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, RAID5, JBOD. (I already have 1 of these boards runninga video security system, been working flawlessly with xp)
EVGA nForce 730i Technical specifications :
Chipset : NVIDIA nForce 730i;
Supported processors : intel socket 775 (Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE and pentium with FSB frequency 800/1066/1333 MHz);
Graphic system : GeForce 9300; Dual-link DVI- I; HDMI with HDCP; VGA.
Memory : Dual-channel, up to 8 GB DDR2 533/667/ 800 MHz,
Expansion Slots : PCI express x16, 2 x PCI express x1, 3 x 32-bit PCI 2.1;
ultraDMA133, 8 x SATA with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD support , disk drive controller ;
Net adapter : gigabit ethernet;
Multichannel sound system (7.1, HDA);
2x PS2, 12 x USB2.0;
Standard size : ATX (304,8 X 243,6 mm).
2x HighPoint Rocket 620 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 Low Profile Ready SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115072&cm_re=highpoint_620-_-16-115-072-_-Product
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544
Will start off using these 3 drives with the unregistered version. The mobo will be able to give me another 8 drives in the future along with the 1 leftover port on the controller card. Would there be any compatibility issues with using the controller cards and would there be a improvement on the data transfer speeds over my network?