




Make informed decisions with expert advice. Learn More
Brand | EVGA |
---|---|
Model | 113-YW-E115-TR |
CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
---|---|
CPU Type | Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium EE / Pentium |
FSB | 800/1066/1333Mhz |
Chipset | NVIDIA nForce 730i |
---|
Onboard Video Chipset | NVIDIA GeForce 9300 |
---|
Number of Memory Slots | 4x240pin |
---|---|
Memory Standard | DDR2 533/667/800 |
Maximum Memory Supported | 8GB |
Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 | 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
---|---|
PCI Express x1 | 2 x PCI Express x1 |
PCI Slots | 3 x PCI Slots |
PATA | 1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
---|---|
SATA 3Gb/s | 8 x SATA 3Gb/s |
SATA RAID | 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD |
Audio Channels | 8 Channels |
---|
Max LAN Speed | 10/100/1000Mbps |
---|
PS/2 | 2 |
---|---|
Video Ports | D-Sub + DVI |
HDMI | 1 x HDMI |
USB 1.1/2.0 | 4 x USB 2.0 |
S/PDIF Out | 1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial |
Audio Ports | 6 Ports |
Onboard USB | 4 x USB 2.0 |
---|
Form Factor | ATX |
---|---|
Dimensions (W x L) | 12.0" x 9.6" |
Power Pin | 24 Pin |
Date First Available | November 17, 2008 |
---|
Pros: Great motherboard with an awesome feature set. 8 Sata ports pretty much gives you the ability to make a nice mini server with all different types of RAID configuration. A good on board video card for streaming video and audio to TV and reciever.
Cons: EVGA support not quite so knowledgable. I give the board 5 eggs, but the support 2 eggs. I spent 30-40 minutes on the phone with EVGA's "RAID expert" which then after exhausting his knowledge quickly came to the conclusion that I couldn't set up a RAID 5 with 4 x 1.5TB drives, and a 320GB drive running the OS. OS versions that we tried were Vista Home Premium x86 and Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I then went to my company's system administrator whom sets up RAID's only a daily basis and he had it up and running in less than an hour. EVGA's lame excuse was the MOBO couldn't handle more than 2TB on a logical drive. Which is in somepart true only if you are running the OS on that drive which I wansn't. So much for EVGA having a true RAID master. He was more focused on selling me a RAID card that wasn't at all necessary. Instructions on setting up a RAID on Windows 7 in other thoughts.
Overall Review: In order to setup a RAID on this computer there are several steps that need to be taken prior to even installing an OS. 1. Connect your DVD & HDD that is running the OS only to the RED JMB SATA ports. 2. Connect the rest of the HDD's to the black and blue SATA ports. This will seperate the two different controllers that are on the MOBO. 3. Power up PC and enter the BIOS. 4. Set the DVD drive to boot first and then the Hard Drive to boot second. 5. In boot order make sure to set the HDD running the OS as the first boot in your list. 6. In the Integrated periphials menu set the JMB to enabled, and to IDE. 7. Install Windows 7. 8. Reboot go into bios and in the Integrated Periphials menu set the SATA to RAID. 9. Save changes and exit 10. Enter RAID utility by pressing F10. 11. Select the HDD's that are going to be part of the RAID. 12. Save changes reboot, and login to windows and let the RAID build itself (make sure to select the non-MBR option when in windows)