i3-530 CPU, Thermaltake V3 Case and ECS H55H-M Motherboard for $207.99+Ship AR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.323960

Intel Boxed i3 530 CPU

- Integrated Video on Package

ECS H55H-M LGA 1156 H55 Chipset Micro ATX Motherboard

- 6 onboard SATA 3 ports.

- Gigabit LAN

Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Micro/ATX Case

- 5 External 5.25" Bays

- Can hold (1) 5 in 3 Icydock/Supermicro SATA backplane and an additional hot swap caddy in the lowest bay for a total of 6 drives

- Perfect fit for the enclosure and a 6 drive UNRAID license!

All 3 for $207.99 After $12 rebate + Shipping.

2% Bing Cashback for another 2% back ($4.40)

Definitely looks like a fantastic deal, but one point is confusing me: does the motherboard have onboard video or not?  Newegg reports that it doesn't, but it does have D-Sub + DVI ports.  The 'product tour' also claims that it has 'Intel graphics technology'.  Does not compute.

My only other hesitation is that it takes DDR3 1333 RAM.  Now I realize that DDR3 is the new standard, but it is still just so expensive!  DDR2 is currently pretty expensive too, I can't figure out why.  The RAM I'm currently using is my server has doubled in price since I bought it several months ago.

This board (nor any DDR3 board) will not accept DDR2 RAM, correct?  I cannot recycle my old stuff?

The CPU has the integrated GPU/Video. The motherboard supports the routing of the video signal from the CPU to the headers -- D-Sub + DVI ports.

Definitely looks like a fantastic deal, but one point is confusing me: does the motherboard have onboard video or not?  Newegg reports that it doesn't, but it does have D-Sub + DVI ports.  The 'product tour' also claims that it has 'Intel graphics technology'.  Does not compute.

 

My only other hesitation is that it takes DDR3 1333 RAM.  Now I realize that DDR3 is the new standard, but it is still just so expensive!  DDR2 is currently pretty expensive too, I can't figure out why.  The RAM I'm currently using is my server has doubled in price since I bought it several months ago.

 

This board (nor any DDR3 board) will not accept DDR2 RAM, correct?  I cannot recycle my old stuff?

Brit has it right.  The board routes the video from the on package video sent from the i3 530 CPU.  This is a decent power consumption scenario since the graphics are on-package.  Though not at ATOM levels, the power draw is fairly good for the total system, which I believe makes for a good UNRAID system.

RAM prices are bad regardless of type.  Personally, I would rather invest in the latest standard if I'm going to pay the premium price for new memory.  

Thanks for the clarification, and good point about the RAM.