February 9, 201016 yr http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.323960 Intel Boxed i3 530 CPU - Integrated Video on Package ECS H55H-M LGA 1156 H55 Chipset Micro ATX Motherboard - 6 onboard SATA 3 ports. - Gigabit LAN Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Micro/ATX Case - 5 External 5.25" Bays - Can hold (1) 5 in 3 Icydock/Supermicro SATA backplane and an additional hot swap caddy in the lowest bay for a total of 6 drives - Perfect fit for the enclosure and a 6 drive UNRAID license! All 3 for $207.99 After $12 rebate + Shipping. 2% Bing Cashback for another 2% back ($4.40)
February 10, 201016 yr Definitely looks like a fantastic deal, but one point is confusing me: does the motherboard have onboard video or not? Newegg reports that it doesn't, but it does have D-Sub + DVI ports. The 'product tour' also claims that it has 'Intel graphics technology'. Does not compute. My only other hesitation is that it takes DDR3 1333 RAM. Now I realize that DDR3 is the new standard, but it is still just so expensive! DDR2 is currently pretty expensive too, I can't figure out why. The RAM I'm currently using is my server has doubled in price since I bought it several months ago. This board (nor any DDR3 board) will not accept DDR2 RAM, correct? I cannot recycle my old stuff?
February 10, 201016 yr The CPU has the integrated GPU/Video. The motherboard supports the routing of the video signal from the CPU to the headers -- D-Sub + DVI ports.
February 10, 201016 yr Author Definitely looks like a fantastic deal, but one point is confusing me: does the motherboard have onboard video or not? Newegg reports that it doesn't, but it does have D-Sub + DVI ports. The 'product tour' also claims that it has 'Intel graphics technology'. Does not compute. My only other hesitation is that it takes DDR3 1333 RAM. Now I realize that DDR3 is the new standard, but it is still just so expensive! DDR2 is currently pretty expensive too, I can't figure out why. The RAM I'm currently using is my server has doubled in price since I bought it several months ago. This board (nor any DDR3 board) will not accept DDR2 RAM, correct? I cannot recycle my old stuff? Brit has it right. The board routes the video from the on package video sent from the i3 530 CPU. This is a decent power consumption scenario since the graphics are on-package. Though not at ATOM levels, the power draw is fairly good for the total system, which I believe makes for a good UNRAID system. RAM prices are bad regardless of type. Personally, I would rather invest in the latest standard if I'm going to pay the premium price for new memory.
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