Abit TH7 II - Raid mobo compatible?

[hosmurf]

Hi,

 

Im thinking about purchasing the unRAID Pro software, but had a question about using old hardware for this, since I want to keep expenses minimal.. I have:

 

Abit TH7 II - Raid Mobo (this has 4 IDE ports)

 

SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card

 

Specs for each are below. Any thoughts? I was going to buy a Coolermaster Stacker Case for this system.

Thanks for the advice!

Abit TH7 II - Raid Mobo

• Intel 850 chipset
  400MHz front-side bus
  SoftMenu III: bus adjustments in 1MHz increments
  Supports CPU multiplier 10.0x-24.0x
  Supports up to Four 184-pin Direct Rambus RIMM modules up to 2GB
  High Point HTP370 IDE Controller
  4 x UltraDMA 33/66/100 IDE Ports
  Support IDE RAID 0, 1, or 0+1 ; Can connect up to four additional IDE devices
  1 AGP/5 PCI/1 CNR Configuration
  AC'97 Digital Audio controller integrated
  
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SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card - Retail

 

    * Features: PCI Specification Revision 2.3 compliant Serial ATA Specification Revision 1.0 compliant Compliant with programming interface for Bus Master IDE Controller, Rev 1.0 Silicon Image SIL 3114 host controller chip Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification Support 66Mhz PCI with 32-bit data Support programmable and EEPROM, FLASH & EPROM loadable PCI

    * Internal Connectors: 4 x SATA 150

    * Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/NT 4.0

    * Package Contents: SD-SATA-4P User Manual Driver Disk 2 x SATA Cable

    * Model #: SD-SATA-4P

    * Item #: N82E16815124020

[BLKMGK]

Is this hardware you already have? If so why not just try it using the Free version of the software? Booting from USB is the big primary thing that trips up many users. You can work around this but it takes some trickery that it might be nice to avoid. Does that SATA card support RAID or is it just a plain Jane SATA expander? The plain ones would be preferred I think...

 

Anyway, if it is hardware you have just trying it might be easier than puzzling out the various chipsets.