Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
It will run software RAID, so swaping completely the hardware shouldn't be an issue. Is it expected to have issues with HBAs on the 16x slot of these boards?
I have a desktop system built around 2008 which was pretty decent at that time and has a solid tower case:
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
Athlon64 Am2 6400+
4x2GB DDR2
I would like to build a 15 drive NAS using 3 of those 5-in-3 hotplug cages with the onboard SATA ports and additional PCI SATA...