Quick: Marvell 88SE6111 SATA Controller. MSI P35 Neo2-FR

[foges]

Im loooking at the MSI P35 Neo2-FR, http://www.msicomputer.com/pro...l=P35_Neo2-FR&class=mb

And i really need 5 sata ports and it does have that, but one of them is separate and is run by a marvell chipset, im just wondering if i can use this like all other ports or does it have special limitations?

Any other opinions on this board, anandtech seemed to like it...

 

[Peter]

Since it's on a separate controller, you won't be able to RAID it with the others, and it's run by its own BIOS and driver. Typically, those extra ports aren't very good at DVD drives.