Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z5 User Manual

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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
Chapter3 ConguringSATAHardDrive(s)
TocongureSATAharddrive(s),followthestepsbelow:
A. InstallSATAharddrive(s)inyourcomputer.
B. CongureSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup.
C. CongureaRAIDarrayinRAIDBIOS.
(Note1)
D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system.
(Note2)
Before you begin
Please prepare:
• AtleasttwoSATAharddrives(toensureoptimalperformance,itisrecommendedthatyouusetwoharddrives
withidenticalmodelandcapacity).IfyoudonotwanttocreateRAID,youmayprepareonlyoneharddrive.
• Windows8/7setupdisk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive
RAID Levels
3-1 ConguringSATAControllers
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA
port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
Minimum
Number of Hard
Drives
≥2 2 ≥3 ≥4
Array Capacity Number of hard
drives*Sizeofthe
smallest drive
Sizeofthesmallest
drive
(Numberofhard
drives-1)*Sizeof
the smallest drive
(Numberofhard
drives/2)*Sizeofthe
smallest drive
Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes Yes
(Note1) SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAIDarrayontheSATAcontroller.
(Note2) RequiredwhentheSATAcontrollerissettoAHCIorRAIDmode.

Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z5 Specifications

General

Form Factor	ATX
Chipset	Intel Z87
CPU Socket	LGA 1150
Memory Type	DDR3
Max Memory	32GB
Storage	6 x SATA 6Gb/s
LAN	Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2201
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Memory Slots	4
Memory Standard	DDR3 1600/1333 MHz
Expansion Slots	2 x PCI Express x16, 2 x PCI Express x1, 2 x PCI
Multi-GPU Support	AMD CrossFireX
USB Ports	6 x USB 2.0
Audio	Creative Sound Core 3D
BIOS	2 x 64 Mbit flash, UEFI AMI BIOS