ZOTAC Intel LGA 775 G43 GeForce Mini-ITX

[Hoopster]

I can't tell if this board has the dreaded Realtek 81111E NIC as it does not specify what NIC is used, but, do you have any feedback on this board for an unRAID server?

http://www.zotacusa.com/intel-lga-775-g43-mini-itx-g43itx-a-e.html.

 

I know it is overkill for unRAID alone, but, I have an Intel e8400 (Core 2 Duo at 3.06 GHz) CPU and two sticks of 2GB DDR2 RAM laying around that will fit this board. I will be media streaming and possibly encoding as well as running unMenu and a couple of other add-ons.

 

It has 5 SATA ports and I can add a couple more in the PCIe 16x slot for a nice unRAID Plus system with 7 total drives (5 data, 1 parity, 1 cache) in this small case:

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=584&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=67&g=spec

[Johnm]

It is LGA 775. It is to old to be an 8111E

 

It is most likely and athros (buggy in unraid)

 

The PCIe 16x slot only accepts 16x video cards, nothing else. that is what several review said about this board.

 

you might think twice before you get this guy.

 

it looks good on paper when it was new. now it looks.. well.. read some reviews.

[Hoopster]

OK thanks for the info.  I assumed it was too old for the RealTek 8111E, but, I was unaware of the pcie x16 slot limitations.  I was just trying to utilize some spare parts laying around unused.  It sounds like I may be better served to get a more up-to-date board and CPU/RAM.