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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:14:18 +0200 |
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Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> On Sonntag, 29. Juni 2008, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> > cheap SATA-controller: EUR 35 |
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> your are looking at the wrong places. Cheap sata-controller: 20€. |
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> cheap 500gb samsung disk 55-60€ |
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> cheap 400gb samsung PATA disk ~60€ |
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> > By the way: Actually the mobo has two SATA-controllers but one of |
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> > them crashes on POST while the other one doubles the time the POST |
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> > takes. That's why they are both deactivated. |
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> I would buy a nice, big SATA drive and take out the PATA disks (a |
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> drive that supports NCQ and is not blacklisted). I did - and I never |
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> want to go back. The only 'ide' device left is my burner - in an |
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> external usb enclosure. |
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Sure, especially when taking energy costs into consideration, it would |
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be better to use a single drive but having two old disks for backups |
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isn't bad, either. Having 400GB would also be nice but is completely |
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useless for the purposes of this PC. |