ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[Mr Footlong]

it is the reason Areca Raid cards warn buyers to check compatibility with certain motherboards..they were designed more in line with server boards...buyer beware.

Dude, I am more than well aware of this but compat issues aren't all that common nowadays really and these cards aren't solely bought for server purposes anymore. With RAID becoming more and more common on standard boards and articles on sites like Toms Hardware (yuk) pimping these things at normal folk, the market for RAID cards is bacoming bigger and more diverse, whether that is a good thing or not .

[madian225]

I am using this board with an BFG 8800 Ultra card which is a lot bigger than I expected it to be.

Currently it is in the top graphics card slot - However, the length of the card has rendered 2 of the SATA ports unusable as they are un-accessable and the card has wiped out 2 of the 2 PCI slots due to its thickness.

I was wondering what the affect on the cards performance would be if I moved the card down to the 2nd graphics slot? This would free up all the SATA ports and also give me the 2 PCI slots that I need.

thanks.

[mat8861]

I am using this board with an BFG 8800 Ultra card which is a lot bigger than I expected it to be.

Currently it is in the top graphics card slot - However, the length of the card has rendered 2 of the SATA ports unusable as they are un-accessable and the card has wiped out 2 of the 2 PCI slots due to its thickness.

I was wondering what the affect on the cards performance would be if I moved the card down to the 2nd graphics slot? This would free up all the SATA ports and also give me the 2 PCI slots that I need.

thanks.

Sure it affect, the second pci-e is 4x.....I solved the problem using L shaped sata connector and left the video card in the first slot.

[PepsiDude]

I am using this board with an BFG 8800 Ultra card which is a lot bigger than I expected it to be.

Currently it is in the top graphics card slot - However, the length of the card has rendered 2 of the SATA ports unusable as they are un-accessable
thanks.

There are a few companies that make both left angle, and right angle sata cables, so with a combination of them you should be able to access all 6 ports. I am using the right angle cable that came with my P5K, as well as my P5W DH. But these cover the two ports next to them. So I'm guessing left angle cables would not cover sata port 5 & 6.