Rajahal Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 MSI 880GM-E43 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $70 after promo code EMCKGHE67 (expires 03/31/2011) An up-and-comer in the list of unRAID budget boards. Makes a nice basis for a 15 drive (or smaller) server. Only 5 onboard SATA ports, but the expansion ports still give you expandability up to 15 drives without touching the slower PCI ports. This board is Level 1 Certified (thanks Queeg!). Link to comment
Superorb Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Are the 90 degree right angle SATS ports on MSI boards a hindrance, or are they more beneficial than straight up SATA ports? Link to comment
Rajahal Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 You might want to PM Queeg with that question as he has actually used the board (I haven't). I would expect that as long as you plan accordingly with your cabling, it shouldn't be a big deal. Depends on how cramped your case is, I guess. Link to comment
mbryanr Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 If anything, a quick look at the board pictures indicates the (4) 90 degree ports (oriented towards the drives) may make cable routing a littler cleaner... Link to comment
Rajahal Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 Possibly, but if you are using a very small case in which the space between the motherboard and the drives/drive cages is precious, then the orientation of the SATA ports may prove to be a problem... Link to comment
queeg Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I put the motherboard into a Rosewill Blackbone case. At first I thought it would be a problem plugging in sata cables. But I discovered that if you take off the right side panel on the case the sata ports are pretty easy to get to. Link to comment
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