dell perc 5

[Yakyb]

having recently read some information about the dell perc 5 and considering purchasing it, i was worried by the seemingly large number of motherboards this is not compatible with.

has anyone tried running this on a 690g based motherboard?

how about p35?

 

[nitrobass24]

2cpu forums maintain a compatibility list

 

[DonDon]

I am writing this message on a P35 (Asus P5K) based MOBO running a 4 X 30 gig SSD RAID 0 array on a Perc 5i. Works just fine and is wicked fast. The only thing that annoys me about it is that it takes over 20 seconds to see the drives when it first boots up.

Make sure you get one with a PCI bracket, and the Battery backup kit. (Battery and cable) You will also have to mount a fan on the heat sink as they are designed for the Poweredge server line that has airflow directed at the card normally.

Here is a great thread on using the Perc 5i.

Link

Don

 

[hasoos]

What kind of SSD's you using??

 

[DonDon]

What kind of SSD's you using??

On the Perc I have 4 X 30 gig OCZ Solids. Here is a thread with the benchmarks. On my other system I have 3 X 64 gig Patriot Warps. No I havn't gotten around to updating my sig.

Link

Don