samarlian wrote:
I have just purchsed 2 x Samsung Evo 840 Pro ( 256Gb )
Never set raid up before on this board need a little help
Also whats the best Intel drives and which ports are Intel on the board , is the sata 3 6gbs cables that came with the board best to use or purchase different ones
Will be installing w8.1 via UEFI mode from a bootable usb stick
thanks in advance
1. Can't help you with the drives. It's a function of a lot of things like price vs budget vs speed vs reliability vs size etc. However, those EVOS are really good drives. I used them in a build for a friend on his RIVE IV. Perhaps others will weight in on this for you.
2. Do a uefi windows install per link here; (sticky on forum home page)
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?30520-RAMPAGE-Windows-8-7-UEFI-Installation-Guide&country=&...=
3. RAID install is detailed here;
http://rog.asus.com/tag/raid-uefi-setup/4. The cables with the board are fine.
5. If you don't have the manual get it from the ASUS site for the board and that will detail the sata ports. I don't have the RIVE IV any more so I don't have the manual.
Hope this helps and all the best.
Rampage IV Extreme BE, Intel 4960X, G-Skills Ripjaws Z F3- 2133C10Q2-64GZM, 2 ADATA SX900 512 GB SSD RAID 0, 4 Kingston Hyper X 120 GB SSD RAID 0, Pioneer BDR 2207, Segate 500GB HD, WD Velociraptor 600 GB (2), HD XSPC Cooling Push Pull c/w Heatkiller 3 CPU Block, Asus GTX690 (2), Asus VG278H, Asus VS208N, Xonar Phobus, Corsair 1200AX, Win 7 Ultimate UEFI
