P35 southbridge important consideration?

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Castle

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There are some P35 mobo with ICH9R and some with ICH9. Does the "R" make any difference in terms of performance?
 
Not significantly. The northbridge handles most of the performance; the southbridge just determines other things like how many SATA ports, etc. there are
 
ICHxR means it has RAID controller built in, it should have the same # of ports as the non-RAID version.
 
Thanks for the response after waiting for a few days. With Cromewell added on to it, I had just realised that I am new to RAID and RAID controller. Can anyone tells me what is it all about and do I really need the RAID function?

And also, as for the ICH9R southbridge, does it means thay there are 9 RAIDS? Please correct me if I am wrong.
 
ICH9 just means it's the 9th generation IO controller hub. The R part means RAID. It supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and Intel Matrix Storage which mixes RAID levels. For example, with a matrix RAID you could have a RAID5 and RAID0 on the same drives.

Most home users don't need RAID. What it does is use multiple drives to increase performance and/or add redundancy so that a drive can fail without you losing data.
 
Once again thanks for all the responses. From all gathered up, it appears that I do not need the RAID as I am only considering of including a single hard drive. I am considering the gigabyte p35 ds3r motherboard but it does have the ICH9R where I do not use the RAID. Unlike the asus P5K, which is ICH9, is not my choice as I prefer gigabyte motherboards.
So would I be getting value for money if I go for something that I would like to have but do not use(gigabyte ICH9R) or go for something that I have not decided but does not have RAID which is suitable for non server use?
 
Castle said:
Once again thanks for all the responses. From all gathered up, it appears that I do not need the RAID as I am only considering of including a single hard drive. I am considering the gigabyte p35 ds3r motherboard but it does have the ICH9R where I do not use the RAID. Unlike the asus P5K, which is ICH9, is not my choice as I prefer gigabyte motherboards.
So would I be getting value for money if I go for something that I would like to have but do not use(gigabyte ICH9R) or go for something that I have not decided but does not have RAID which is suitable for non server use?
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The Asus P5K does have a RAID controller, almost all new motherboards come with a RAID controller built into the southbridge or have a third party controller added. With the case of the P5K, it uses the JMicron JMB363 controller for it's RAID.

Most people who buy a motherboard with RAID capabilities don't use it. And no, you arent paying extra for the ICH9R chipset.
 
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