January 27, 201214 yr ECS A885GM-A2 (V1.1) AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard $45 $40 after MIR The latest 20 Drive Budget Board, see here for details!
February 11, 201214 yr Unfortunately I can't find this board in the Netherlands. Is it available on ebay?
February 13, 201214 yr ECS A885GM-A2 (V1.1) AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard $45 after MIR The latest 20 Drive Budget Board, see here for details! There is another thread running where someone tried two Supermicro MV8's on this board and had problems. Have you tested this with two MV8's? Can it do 20 drives without two MV8's? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=16739.msg158508#msg158508
February 13, 201214 yr You should be able to get to 19 drives on the PCI-e bus with the use of 1 SASLP. You you view the link to the review we have posted a comment there about our results with 2 SASLP cards. In case you don't feel like folling the link the results we found was that everything worked properly on the board and SASLP cards we had.
February 15, 201214 yr Rajahal Is there any chance you could post power consumption for the board? I have a kill-o-watt meter and it directly reports power in watts. It would be interesting to know power consumption for: - on w/ drives spun down - on w/ drives spun up - parity check Thanks
February 17, 201214 yr Author Rajahal Is there any chance you could post power consumption for the board? I have a kill-o-watt meter and it directly reports power in watts. It would be interesting to know power consumption for: - on w/ drives spun down - on w/ drives spun up - parity check Thanks I'm traveling at the moment, but I will try to run this test when I return home next week. Feel free to PM me if I forget.
February 22, 201214 yr Now 39.99 after mail in rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135272
February 24, 201214 yr ECS A885GM-A2 (V1.1) AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard $45 after MIR Now <$ 39.99 > The latest 20 Drive Budget Board, see here for details! Rajhal, Would you recommend I upgrade to this Board or ?? from my Foxconn P41A-G LGA 775 Intel G41 ATX with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600. I've converted from 9 mixed drives PATA/SATA down to 4 SATA Drives using all 4 SATA ports on this MB. Currently running 2TB Hitachi Parity, 1.5 TB & 2 x 1TB data drives but probably need more space as I'm beginning to accumulate BR discs that I would like to have available on line. The current board has been functional and does have at least 1 x PCIe slot, but not much else. I think I can add a PCI/PCIe SATA Card, though what I'm reading would indicate only 2 more drives. I'm still running on UnRaid 4.7 Final and have had an UnRaid Server (Pro) for almost 5 1/2 years. Thanks in advance for any tips and recommendations. Dave PS - Is there a reasonable "easy" alternative to MiniDLNA, I can't seem to configure it properly to make my Logitech Revue (w/Google) see my Movies Share.
February 24, 201214 yr Author ECS A885GM-A2 (V1.1) AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard $45 after MIR Now <$ 39.99 > The latest 20 Drive Budget Board, see here for details! Rajhal, Would you recommend I upgrade to this Board or ?? from my Foxconn P41A-G LGA 775 Intel G41 ATX with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600. I've converted from 9 mixed drives PATA/SATA down to 4 SATA Drives using all 4 SATA ports on this MB. Currently running 2TB Hitachi Parity, 1.5 TB & 2 x 1TB data drives but probably need more space as I'm beginning to accumulate BR discs that I would like to have available on line. The current board has been functional and does have at least 1 x PCIe slot, but not much else. I think I can add a PCI/PCIe SATA Card, though what I'm reading would indicate only 2 more drives. I'm still running on UnRaid 4.7 Final and have had an UnRaid Server (Pro) for almost 5 1/2 years. Thanks in advance for any tips and recommendations. Dave PS - Is there a reasonable "easy" alternative to MiniDLNA, I can't seem to configure it properly to make my Logitech Revue (w/Google) see my Movies Share. If you think you may want to upgrade past 15 drives at any point in the future, then the ECS board would be a worthwhile upgrade (keep in mind that you'll also need an AMD CPU, such as the Sempron 145, and DDR3 RAM - your current Intel CPU and DDR2 RAM will not work with this board). However, your current board has the potential to take you to 15 drives with no bottlenecks. You could add a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 to the PCIe x16 slot for 8 more drives, then a Monoprice 2 port PCIe x1 card for 2 more drives, and finally a Monoprice 2 port PCI card for the 15th drive (using more than one of the ports on this card will introduce a bottleneck). Personally, I don't see much of a reason for you to upgrade at this point. You've already got a fully working motherboard, you just need to add some SATA controllers. Once you actually reach your capacity of 15 drives and still need more space, then consider upgrading with whatever is available at that time (it is likely that it will be better, cheaper, and more power efficient than anything available today).
February 24, 201214 yr Personally, I don't see much of a reason for you to upgrade at this point. You've already got a fully working motherboard, you just need to add some SATA controllers. Thanks Rajhal, that helps a lot. I tried to get a couple of your SlickDeal 2TB Specials from Staples, but they were all gone, though I'm still looking. Do you recommend the SuperMicro or just the MonoPrice 2 port if I only add a few drives at a time? I know this is not the forum, but any options/links/recs for a UnRaid DLNA add on? Dave
February 24, 201214 yr Author It is up to you and your budget when should add each SATA controller. You can add them in any order you like. The Supermicro is the most expensive, but it gives you 8 new ports. The monoprice PCIe x1 card gives you 2 ports, and the monoprice PCI card gives you 1 port. If you are on a tight budget, you could start by adding the monoprice cards for a total of 3 new ports, then save up for the Supermicro card and buy it as needed. That also gives you the luxury of waiting for a sale. I'm not terribly familiar with DLNA, but I believe PS3MediaServer may be what you are looking for (it works with more than just PS3s).
February 27, 201214 yr I'm tempted to buy it now that its on sale, even though I have a brand new ECS 880 board now. I suppose I could always use another MB.... at the very least the 880 would make for a good HTPC board
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