BleepingComputer.com: GA-MA790XT-UD4P

How many SATA connectors does this have: GA-MA790XT-UD4P ??????????

South Bridge:

1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:

2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD

What does that mean??^^

These are the parts i was looking at?? Are they ok?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=MB-168-GI
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs...CD9E766A5CA7304
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....5-WD&tool=3
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=CD-063-PO
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....123&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=GX-184-SP
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=CA-160-CM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....amp;subcat=1328

This post has been edited by Oistarn: 17 June 2009 - 11:19 AM

Internal I/O Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
2 x system fan header
1 x power fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x CD In connector
1 x S/PDIF In header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
1 x IEEE 1394a header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x serial port header
1 x chassis intrusion header
1 x power LED header

http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboar...GA-MA790XT-UD4P

Louis

RAID for computers is nothing like the bug killer. RAID is a method which uses hard drives for redundancy.

With a RAID 1, you have 2 hard drives. Each one is an exact mirror of the other. This is usually done to the C: drive (system drive). If one fails, you can still recover using the other.

RAID 0 and RAID 5 are just about the same. It is called "striping" (stripeing?). For a RAID 5 you need at least 3 drives. Your computer will write data to 2 of them at the same time while the 3rd gets what is called "parity". Parity can be used to recreate the "array" (as it is called) if it ever gets broken or corrupted. RAID 5 is usually used for Data files.

I hope I did not confuse you. Read up a little more on the RAID as it can be very helpful. I run a RAID 1 on my computer.

DR