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A couple of notes. 1.) You may have a hard time getting all of your equipment in an Air 540. It's possible to do but it may require a bit of customization. The board takes up more space than one thinks. 2.) It seems easier to buy the Natex config with the memory as well. I believe others have tried to price it out separately and unless you find a screaming deal you're better off getting it in a package. http://www.natex.us/product-p/intel-s2600cp2j-128gb-nanya.htm 3.) Heatsinks from Natex won't be enough to run it with any load for too long. You can pickup whichever 2011 cooler you think works. I ran mine for a while on Hyper 212 coolers and they worked well. You'll also have to experiment with the cooling options built in to the system as it can be somewhat picky when you don't run it in one of the Intel P4000 cases.

These appear to be the baby brothers to the RS2WC080 models. Any drawbacks with looking at these instead http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-RS2WC040-RAID-Controller-SAS-SATA-MD2-PCI-Express-2-0-x8-New-Retail-Box-/381314654894?hash=item58c81fe2ae:g:icMAAOSwofxUgLfI

This PDF should have a light diagnostics guide starting on page 120. http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/s2600cp/sb/g26942005_s2600cp_p4000cp_tps_rev19.pdf

I just installed the I4 and the clip on fans would basically touch the RAM if I installed them flush to the top of the heatsink. I moved them up a few millimetres and I hope that will work -- I don't see why it wouldn't but I don't know much about cooling so. Are you able to share a few pictures of your setup with the I4s on your setup?

If you're looking for HDs in an MATX system why not go with the Fractal Node 804. It's got a better system for mounting drives and you don't have to mod it to do so. http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/node-series/node-804

Double check everything you connected on your system. I just booted mine up with an EVGA G2 750w over lunch today and it worked well.

What are people actually using for CPU coolers on the Natex boards? It appears some are using the Noctua I4 but theres also reference to them not fitting without modifying the fan or raising it up on the heatsink.

What are you running for CPU Coolers? I've seen reference to the Noctua I4 having issues with fan clearance over the RAM sticks.