Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a motherboard that has a minimum of 5 convectional PCI ports. I need to replace one of the computers in
the lab that has died.
We have 8 expasion cards (all PCI and they cannot be replaced with anything else since nothing else works) to capture high frequency data from several optical detectors. The cards have been split between two computers so far, but I want to see if it's possible to have them in one or at least have as many as possible on the same computer.
I have looked all over and could not find anything with a reasonable price. There are many "industrial" boards but they are all on the wrong side of $1000 - I work in a small research lab and we can't afford that.
The other requirement is that the board should support SATA and have room for at least 4GB ram (recording data takes around 3GB).
I'm hoping one of your suggestions may point me in the right direction.
Thank you for your time.
I'm looking for a motherboard that has a minimum of 5 convectional PCI ports. I need to replace one of the computers in
the lab that has died.
We have 8 expasion cards (all PCI and they cannot be replaced with anything else since nothing else works) to capture high frequency data from several optical detectors. The cards have been split between two computers so far, but I want to see if it's possible to have them in one or at least have as many as possible on the same computer.
I have looked all over and could not find anything with a reasonable price. There are many "industrial" boards but they are all on the wrong side of $1000 - I work in a small research lab and we can't afford that.
The other requirement is that the board should support SATA and have room for at least 4GB ram (recording data takes around 3GB).
I'm hoping one of your suggestions may point me in the right direction.
Thank you for your time.