ToolPackinMama wrote:
> Nospam wrote:
>
>> So Which motherboard should I buy.? The K8N Neo4/SLI or the K8N Neo4
>> platinum/SLI. The MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI has the second gigibit
>> adaptor
>> and the Silicon Image RAID controller apart from the Nvidia RAID
>> controller
>> that comes with both boards. Why would I need a second Gigabit adaptor
>> and a
>> second RAID controller anyway?. Please give me your opinions on this
>> matter.
>> Your prompt replies will be appreciated.
>
>
> Gee, if you can afford both, why not get the better one, just in case
> you might need it?
The real advantage of the second RAID controller is it expands your SATA
II capability to allow for larger drive arrays. You may have need to run
at seperate RAID levels, say 0 for the boot drives, and another more
redundant storage array for your important data. I really wish I had
multiple raids on my domain controller for instance, not that I would
get one of these for that purpose, but someone else might!
Dual gigabit networking isn't something that most home users are going
to need, but it does allow for some spiff options if you have a lot of
PCs, run a server, need load balancing, have both a public & private
network, need to bridge two NATs (though this is till a pain in the @*$&
sometimes). While those things are spiff, I expect the real reason that
they included it was because some people had objections & very real
problems with the Nvidia "Active Armor" firewall system (such as causing
network timeouts), and it gave you a handy way to bypass it with the
other PCIE GB network port. On an otherwise good chipset, the networking
portion was just flat out buggy in the early releases.
--Timbertea
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