Gigabyte GA-8I955X ROYAL

The specs are this:

Processor 	

  1. LGA775 Intel^® Pentium^® D processor
  2. Supports 1066/800/533MHz FSB
     *Note: Rev 1.0 includes 2x2 pin ATX 12V power connector. Rev 1.1
     includes 2x4 pin ATX 12V power connector for Intel Pentium D
     Extreme Edition processor power recommendation.

Chipset 	

  1. Northbridge: Intel^® 955X Chipset
  2. Southbridge: Intel^® ICH7R
  3. Silicon Image Sil3132 SATA II controller
  4. T.I IEEE1394b controller
  5. GigaRAID ITE8212 IDE RAID controller
  6. 2 x Broadcom 5751 Gigabit Ethernet controller
  7. Realtek ALC882M audio codec

Memory 	

  1. 4 DDR II DIMM memory slots (supports up to 8GB memory)
  2. Supports dual channel DDR II 888*/667/533/400 unbuffered DIMM
  3. Supports 1.8V DDR II DIMM
  4. Supports 72bit ECC type DRAM integrity mode

*Note：DDRII 888 support by FSB 1066 CPU
Internal I/O Connectors 	

  1. 1 x U-Plus D.P.S connector
  2. 6 x Serial ATA II 3.0Gb/s connectors
  3. 1 x UDMA ATA 100/66/33 connectors
  4. 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 connectors (For HDDs only)
  5. 1 x FDD connector
  6. 2 x IEEE1394b connectors (supports 3 ports)
  7. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector (supports 4 ports)
  8. 3 x Cooling fan pin headers

Expansion Slots 	

  1. 1 PCI Express x 16 slot
  2. 2 PCI Express x 1 slots
  3. 3 PCI slots

Rear Panel I/O 	

  1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  2. 2 x RJ45 ports
  3. 6 x Audio ports (4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC)
  4. 1 x Coaxial S/P-DIF out
  5. 1 x Optical S/P-DIF out
  6. PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
  7. 1 x COM port connector
  8. 1 x LPT port

Form Factor 	

  1. ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

Other Features 	

  1. U-Plus D.P.S
  2. DualBIOS
  3. C.I.A. 2
  4. M.I.B. 2
  5. R.G.B.


My fears are the raid support and the broadcom network cards.

Any advice will help! :D

Thanks a lot