Quote Originally Posted by IanB View Post
Clearly not full of BS, as you just proved my case. Thanks!

Since I'm in the market for a hardware RAID card, and the Arecas are important contenders, but have obvious issues with current and future boards/chipsets, this is of interest to me. As should be checking the bandwidth requirements of any RAID set to ensure it doesn't max out the card/slot for those of us going this route. I think I'll stick around this thread, therefore, if your lordship doesn't mind.
the problem with areca cards and the X38 is the fault of intel. the card worked fine with my p35 and it works fine in other boards.