H55 board for a storage server

I'm looking for an H55 board for my storage server ... H55-GD65 or H55-G43 look like good candidates, I've some concerns though (and neither googling nor reading manual revealed answers to these):
For GD65 - can I populate both PCIe x16 slots with PCIe x4 SATA RAID controllers and will Core i3 integrated graphics continue to work? Manual mentions only graphic cards installation in these slots.
For G43 - can I use both PCIe x1 and PCIe x4 slots simultaneously? There is no limitation mentioned in manual, but as I understand H55 has only 6 PCIe lanes and two of these are likely already used by integrated PATA controller and GBit LAN.
Thanks,
haed

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 25-August-10, 21:11:58
Hm, both slots are tied to the CPU. This is a very specific question which involves the way the CPU assigns/handles the lanes as much as the BIOS. As far as I know, the Core i3 processors with integrated graphics only provide one x16 PCI Express interface (as opposed to a Core i5 processors (x16/x0 or x8/x8)). I have not seen any user here so far that actually tried to do that. Perhaps it is best you ask MSI Technical Support directly about this:
http://support.msi.com/
Will try, thanks!
Quote from: Jack t.N. on 25-August-10, 21:11:58
Not sure if we are talking about the same mainboard, but the H55-G43 only has two PCI-E x1 slots:
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=2019
Yes, it's the same board - specs mention:
Quote
PCI-E Gen Gen2 (1x16, 1x4)
PCI-Ex1 2
My guess is that 1x16 slot is connected to CPU, 1x4 slot to H55 and two x1 slots to H55 as well ... and I'm wondering what will happen if I'll populate 1x4 slot with x4 card (SATA RAID) and both x1 slots with x1 cards (GBit ethernet).

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