Hmmmm.... a mobo with a PATA connector for the DVDs and 5-6 SATAs for the hard drives shouldn't be hard to find, but finding one with a Floppy connector might be interesting.
Saving the raid is also going to be interesting.
Your best chance is finding an addon PCI card with the SAME chipset your mobo used.
This will at lease let you copy your data off to some place safe while you rebuile the new raid.
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by: coral47Posted on 2009-06-11 at 20:39:03ID: 24608973
Personally, I would go with a 'almost new' setup. You have a very limited upgrade path with the stuff you have now
Even the last generation Core2 Duos with a P35/X38 - P45/X48 chipset mobo, will leave your current system in the dust.
I am kind of fond of the E8400 paired with 1066MHz DDR2 ram. Get an Asus or Gigabyte mobo that has the options you need (probably the X38 or X48 chipset for plenty of SATA with onboardRaid)