I'm putting together a WHS box from old parts. The motherboard is an Intel D845PEBT2 with a P4 2.4 GHz proc. It currently has 512 MB in a single PC2700 DIMM. I know the processor is plenty powerful, but I have a few upgrade questions:
1) Mobo only supports 10/100 ethernet. Agreed that I should pop in a 10/100/1000 NIC? If so, I've had good success with Intel NICs in the past - any different recommendations?
2) I have 2 new Samsung F1 1TB drives (SATA). The board has 2 SATA I headers that can operate in non-RAID mode (no RAID wanted with the WHS setup). From what I understand, throughput on these drives won't hit the maximum throughput of SATA I, so I would not get the benefit of an add-in SATA II controller card, correct? They're relatively cheap, so I don't mind buying one, but if I get no benefit at all, no need to waste the money.
3) Mobo manual shows support for PC2700 or PC3200. Would I get any benefit from adding another 512MB or 1GB DIMM? They do not have to be matched.
Any other advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Indy
1) Mobo only supports 10/100 ethernet. Agreed that I should pop in a 10/100/1000 NIC? If so, I've had good success with Intel NICs in the past - any different recommendations?
2) I have 2 new Samsung F1 1TB drives (SATA). The board has 2 SATA I headers that can operate in non-RAID mode (no RAID wanted with the WHS setup). From what I understand, throughput on these drives won't hit the maximum throughput of SATA I, so I would not get the benefit of an add-in SATA II controller card, correct? They're relatively cheap, so I don't mind buying one, but if I get no benefit at all, no need to waste the money.
3) Mobo manual shows support for PC2700 or PC3200. Would I get any benefit from adding another 512MB or 1GB DIMM? They do not have to be matched.
Any other advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Indy