Which motherboard with low power consumption, +4SATA, GB LAN

[klausmedk]

Hello!

Which motherboard would you recommend me to buy for my NAS.
I have the following requirements:

1: Low power consumption
2: Minimum 4 SATA ports
3: Gigabit LAN

I have a Via VB7002 motherboard in my current NAS, and I'm very satisfied with it, but it has only 100mbit LAN and only 2 SATA ports so I'm looking for a replacement.

I would prefer mini-itx, but form factor is not ultimately important.

Thanks in advance.
//Klaus

 

[00Roush]

How low do you want to go for power consumption? Are you looking for something with an Atom CPU or anything with low power consumption?

Lately I have found that MSI usually has good power consumption with their latest boards. Also Intel has always seemed to have better power consumption with their motherboards than other companies.

00Roush

 

[klausmedk]

I'm looking for a board that will draw around 30W idle (not including disks).

I've looked at the VIA SN18000G and the Intel DH57JG. It seems that the Intel board including a Core i3 540 CPU is about the same price as the VIA with build-in CPU.

//Klaus

 

[00Roush]

I would definitely go for the Core i3 if possible. You should have no problem getting your goal and it will offer the possibility of much better performance.

For reference I just recently setup a Phenom II X4 955 BE with a MSI 890GX motherboard and it idles at about 45 watts. This is with Cool n Quiet enabled and C1E enabled.

00Roush