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9% (1)

Sell them untested
18% (2)

Find a way to test them and sell them
72% (8)

Find a way to test them and buy a raid card for them if they are functional

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post #21 of 21

10/21/12 at 4:06pm

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Originally Posted by TB13

Quote:

Originally Posted by selectstriker2

the controller does, the motherboard just doesn't have the right ports IIRC
edit: After reading a bit more, I'm not so sure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_attached_SCSI#Comparison_with_SATA

I don't think it supports it which sucks...

i think your best bet will be to get a cheap dell PERC/5i or 6i card of eBay as mentioned on the first page and test them.

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i7-3770k	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH	Asus HD7950 DCII Summer has killed my OC :(	G.Skill TridentX 2400 2 x 4GB
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Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C	Arctic F12 CO PWM x 2 Push/Pull	Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate	LG IPS235V
Power	Case
Corsair AX850	Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced (Asia version)
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
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1.67Ghz Atom	stock	1GB DDR2	2 x 500GB Western Digital Cavier Blacks [RAID 1]
Cooling	OS	Power	Case
stock	DSM3.2 [built on linux]	stock	stock
Other	Other
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-3770k	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH	Asus HD7950 DCII Summer has killed my OC :(	G.Skill TridentX 2400 2 x 4GB
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C	Arctic F12 CO PWM x 2 Push/Pull	Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate	LG IPS235V
Power	Case
Corsair AX850	Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced (Asia version)
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
I5-3570K	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3	MSI GTX460 Cyclone 1GD5	8GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Win 7 ultimate	Samsung Syncmaster 932gwe+	OCZ ZT series 550W	Coolermaster 410
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
1.67Ghz Atom	stock	1GB DDR2	2 x 500GB Western Digital Cavier Blacks [RAID 1]
Cooling	OS	Power	Case
stock	DSM3.2 [built on linux]	stock	stock
Other	Other
Synology DX510 Expansion unit	5 x 1TB WD Cavier Blacks in a RAID 6
View all