Hehe, forgot about this thread. I went on with the Jetway NC96-510-LF and the CFI-A9849 case. Installed it together with 2 Samsung green 1.5TB drives and everything works fine with Windows Home Server. I have already replaced the CPU fan with a more silent one, I am now busy to replace the other cas...

Maybe this is a silly question but how do you mix an external DC-DC converter with the onboard one? No silly question, I had to look up for myself also how to power 3 SATA HDD's from a 4-pin molex... I meant a AC-DC adapter (like the notebooks ones) that gives 12V DC current for the 12V DC input of...

I have asked Jetway for more information about the power consumption of the board, how much current one can draw from that 4-pin molex and the noise of the existing fan. Unfortunately I only got a clear answer on the first question: http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa142/gogu123/jetwaync96510LF.jp...

I'm also going to build a small home server using the jetway nc96-510 LF and three HDD's (1 for OS, 2 for software Raid). How do you know whether the board can drive the HDD's? I couldn't find any information about how much current one can draw from that 4-pin molex. Consider also that in case you w...

read and understood. edited for stupidity