November 17, 201114 yr I am going to upgrade my server (already) as I need more space. I would like to run a G620 processor, and I would like to avoid the nic problems by going with this intel board. Does anyone have anythoughts about this combination? I will have a supermicro 8-port sata controller, the board has 4 onboard sata ports, so this would give me support for 12 drives as is. Here is the configuration: 550 W power supply DH61WWB3 intel mb G620 processor onboard nic Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 4 gb ram. Thoughts?
November 18, 201114 yr That board is going to have an intel 82579V NIC. you will have to run 5.0Beta4 or newer for an e1000 driver that supports that NIC. otherwise sure why not? I might look at a newer intel board, but if you found a good sale on it. it will work fine.
November 19, 201114 yr Author Actually there is a problem with this m/b, at least for me. It has only one pcie 16x slot - the Sata controller card recommended is a pcie 4x, and I need two for my long range expansion plans. I love my current win7 pc's intel board; it's too bad this one has only one pcie 16x. Oh, well.
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