ASUS P5G41T-M LX

Hello,

I posted a question yesterday asking if I can use AMD CPU and motherboard and got quick reply from prostuff1 (Thanks again!).

I was thinking to use unRAID mainly for storage purpose only and will not be performing any transcoding. So, I was thinking the following configuration (to save $$ and also energy):

MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131680

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116348

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148366

Please advise if these would be fine.

Thanks...

Any experience/thoughts on the Motherboard? Thanks...

DO NOT use this motherboard.  IT has the Atheros Chipset for the onboard NIC which does not play well with unRAID.

DO NOT use this motherboard.  IT has the Atheros Chipset for the onboard NIC which does not play well with unRAID.

Thanks, good that I asked! How about the following MB:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130306

DO NOT use this motherboard.  IT has the Atheros Chipset for the onboard NIC which does not play well with unRAID.

Thanks, good that I asked! How about the following MB:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130306

No, it also has the Atheros NIC chipset.  You can see that from the details tab on neweggs site.

Yes, I was looking at it and using the LAN controller I am searching this forum. Also, I am referring to the following URL:

http://www.lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hardware_Compatibility#Network_Controllers

Thanks.

That page specifically says the Atheros L1 and the MSI board you linked to has the Atheros AR8131M... not the same.

In general just stay away from any Atheros NIC's.

Thanks. Final try, how about this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138185

or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138297

Both use Realtek 8111DL.

will work, but there is no onboard video so you will have to get a graphics card.  My suggestion is to look on your local craigslist for a old PCI video card instead of buying a new one.

will work, but there is no onboard video so you will have to get a graphics card.  My suggestion is to look on your local craigslist for a old PCI video card instead of buying a new one.

I edited the post. Please suggest on the second one (Biostar G41U3G). It has USB 3.0 port also (which are of no use for unRAID, I shall use USB 2.0 port). Thanks a lot...

The second board looks fine.  About the max number of drives you will get on that board without using the slower PCI bus is 12 drives.

The second board looks fine.  About the max number of drives you will get on that board without using the slower PCI bus is 12 drives.

Yes, for my intial build 12 drives would be plenty (10 of 2TB + cache drive + parity drive). It should help me going for more than a year atleast and that's when I will get Norco rackmount and build a beast. Thanks a lot for your suggestions.