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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:46:49 +0000 Kaza Kore

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> TL/DR:

> Z68 - works with RAID5 on SATA2 ports OK?

> RME HDSP card - PCI or PCIe?

> Gfx card recommendations??

> Or persuade me to go for a cheaper rig as I probably don't really

> need all that...

>=20

> Regards, Dale.

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Regarding the raid5:

http://www.miracleas.com/BAARF/

And we (as the business I work for) have dismissed hw-raid in general.

A while back you only got problems if your controller broke and you

didn't have the same again. Nowadays you even get problems when you

update the firmware of the controller (or when your cold-standby

doesn't have the correct fw-version). Just stay away from it.
For the Mobo: Use something from a brand known for quality. Asus might

do okayish laptops, their boards are almost as crap as asrock. For an

intel-system, why not use an intel board? The higher price is _small_

when you take the higher quality into account. High-quality boards

last much longer and work better.
PCI is dead, any graphics card with linux-support is good. Now the

salesman in me takes over: intel is actively supporting the

linux-community also in the graphics field, not like nvidia. Yes, we

are an intel-reseller. We only see other hardware when its broken and

the customers want us to fix it or get the data of from it.
Have fun,
Arnold
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