March 25, 201115 yr 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!).
March 25, 201115 yr Are the 90 degree right angle SATS ports on MSI boards a hindrance, or are they more beneficial than straight up SATA ports?
March 25, 201115 yr Author 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.
March 25, 201115 yr 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...
March 25, 201115 yr Author 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...
March 26, 201115 yr 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.
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.