[Super J]

i have some computer parts that i need to get rid of.  if anyone needs anything let me know.  most of the stuff i have is pretty old.  2 gigabyte athlon xp boards, one is in a cooler master case.  bothe have athlon xp 2700+ bartons (2.19Ghz), a couple of cd burner drives, lots of different mem chips, lots of smaller hard drives, 3 quantum fireball 15.3 GB, small but fast.  please if anyone needs anything just let me know.

[Super J]

i guess no one it looking to build a server that doesnt need to be too powerful these days.  good computers even for gaming with the right gfx card

[werth]

im building a server
dual xeon 1.6 low voltage
2gb reg ecc memory
silverstone tj05 eatx case
antec 550w EPS psu
4x500gb's 7200.11 for now

just need a good raid card, got one?

[Super J]

i did actually but i just sold it like 2 weeks ago sorry

[werth]

what card was it?

[Super J]

it was from newegg. really cheap one.  cant member name

[werth]

ah ok. i ended up buying an 8-port Supermicro PCI-X card.. i have 4 500gb's now, will add 4 more later

[Super J]

how much was that card.  does it do raid.  i mean like bootable raid

[werth]

i looked at several different cards. i have 2 pci-x slots, so i'd prefer that, but its also backwards compatible with pci. afaik theres a few different types of raid. there's motherboard raid, which is fine for general purpose, there software raid, which are in inexpensive raid cards, and there true "hardware" raid, which the raid is phyisically handled by the card- but be ready to fork over the big bucks. hardware raid is way superior.

i couldnt find the right one, every one was either missing something. the supermicro i got is not a raid card, its an 8-port SATA card, that supports software raid, which means it allows the OS to handle raid. so if i load server 2003 or linux on my server, and I have 8x500gb drives, I can, through, the OS, create a RAID array.

i bought mine for around $105 in canada, newegg has it for 95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009
it was a good choice for me since it has 8 ports (4 for now, 4 for future use), is pci-x, didnt have the siliconimage chip (which has mixed reviews) and is a reputable name (was going to go with syba to save $) and comes with 8 cables

[Super J]

still got alot of older shit that can go really cheap