GA-870A-UD3 Raid questions

[ippytattoo]

I am getting ready to build a box for a home server and was curious if what I was wanting to do was possible. What I would like to do is use the GA-870A-UD3 board with my dvd drive and my system drive (500GB sata) connected to the sata 3gb ports and a RAID5 array on the SATA 6gb ports (4 1tb drives) for data storage and backups. My question is if this is possible with the given motherboard? Here is a link to the kit (less hard drives) I was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.611154. Please give me your input and advise. Thank you in advance for you time.

[absic]

Hi there,

Yes you can use the motherboard to do what you want but, looking at the kit you have posted a link to, I would be concerned about the PSU. Personally I would look at a good quality Power Supply that gives at least 650 Watts with a single rail rather than a 500 Watt with dual rails.

[Dark Mantis]

If it is to be used soley as a server then I think the Antec 500W PSU would be sufficient as you are only running 4 hard drives and won't be using a power hungry GPU.

If on the other hand you want to play games or something similar on it as well then I would agree with absic that it would be prudent to purchase a better one.