The problem I have is use this PC for multipurpose. Keep different drives & programs. Use it for cloning drives,
fdisk/mbr, security wipes. Its so handy to be able to use my older IDE drives for testing progs. Also have
Win 7 Ultimate x86 & x64. Will keep XP on a drive for older progs though am mainly on win 7 now. This was
my oldest PC that is a tall thin padded tower & put a lot of work modding case enlarging fan in & outlets. Added
card reader, fan controllers & had to cut padding out in part to get heatsink & graphics card in. Thats why I
purchased this board as was close to last new one that will probably not get used again when I get back
from repair. Also couldn't use a larger case due to setup.
Have a 4 PC networked setup crammed in a small room. An Antec/ Gigabyte PC I built, very quiet & used mainly
for net. Plus 2 ShuttleXP, one used mainly for dling the other for DVDs. 2 HD Monitors & KVM switches + TV-PC
monitor for multi Satellite. Being a novice doesn't help. !!! Apart from that have spent a lot of time researching
add on cards that won't work with X58 so not too pleased with Gigabyte. looks like I will have to settle for a
single SATA 2 solid state drive providing a 3.5 case is available to plug it in.
(is it worth trying to update Marvell chip)
Regards tinker.