Point of view MB-D510-MITX...

[RTOuk]

hi i was wondering if anyone had used one of this mobos?

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200893

 

it only has 2 sata ports onboard, but also has a pci-e x1 slot which i believe i could use to add 4 more ports?.

 

im having a hard time finding a decent mitx mobo here in the uk

 

 

[dlmh]

Zotac NM10-DTX

 

6xSATA 

[Rajahal]

I think 4 ports on a PCIe x1 will be a bit slow during parity checks.  The most I would put on a PCIe x1 is 2 ports, if speed is of any concern.

[Kaygee]

Try linitx their AM2 board has good potential - 4 sata and a pci-e x16 slot. J&W Minix 780-SP128MB.

Jetway NC96-410-LF - 4 sata drives + PCI + a mini-PCIe

Jetway J7F2 + 4 port addon card + PCI

 

Zotac NM10-DTX - 6 sata but some people claim 4 extra ports are raid only so cant be used on unraid.

 

Asus AT3IONT-I (Amazon have them in the uk) - 4 sata PCI-e x16.

ZOTAC ION ITX G E Mini ITX DDR2 Motherboard (Novatech)  4 sata , mini pci express.

Point of View NVIDIA ION - Amazon UK (4 sata) mini PCI express

 

Lastly try importing a Supermicro X7SPA.

 

Some of these boards have IDE slots which could be used with IDE/Sata adaptors to push up the available ports count, I have had mixed results with their success, some boards work fine others don't and long term reliability is an unknown. I think a proper 4 port PCI-e x1 card like a Highpoint 2300 would be OK on a low power board. However a 2300 would cost more than the difference in buying a 4 port board and a cheap SIL or Dell PCI-e card.

 

What I'd do is step up the case to a R2 (Still beautiful but more bays and cheaper), look for a 6 or more port uITX board and a 80+ PSU. This will be cheaper and allow a couple more drives to be added when they are needed.