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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> kashani wrote: |
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>> Dale wrote: |
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>>> kashani wrote: |
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>>>> Dale wrote: |
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>>>>> Hi, |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> I recently got DSL and youtube is growing on me. LOL I been |
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>>>>> trying to |
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>>>>> find a really good hard drive that is around 400 to 500Gb and pretty |
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>>>>> fast. It has to be a IDE drive, you know, the big wide cables. I |
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>>>>> don't |
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>>>>> have SATA on this rig. |
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>>>>> I have a Maxtor that I like and is pretty fast but it appears they |
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>>>>> are a |
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>>>>> little hard to find nowadays. In matter of importance: size, price, |
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>>>>> speed. Newegg is great but will consider others as well. |
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>>>>> Thanks for any pointers. Open to ideas. |
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>>>> SATA PCI card should be < $20. I'd then go with a SATA II drive. |
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>>>> kashani |
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>>> I been looking at these cards on newegg. I haven't had a SATA drive |
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>>> before and confess I don't know a lot about them. They are faster and |
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>>> have little bitty cables. I'm looking at this one: |
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>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124003 |
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>>> I notice that it has two internal and two external connectors. Can I |
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>>> assume that the "eSATA" means external or is that something else? |
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>>> Also while I have the link and you are most likely looking at it, is |
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>>> this a good fast card? It appears to be a pretty recent revision since |
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>>> it also says SATA II. |
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESATA |
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>> esata is different sort of connection, but a number of new |
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>> external drives are starting to support it. |
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>> This looks to be your best choice. |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815102102&cm_re=pci_sata_II-_-15-102-102-_-Product |
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>> I assume that any motherboard that does not support SATA also does not |
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>> support PCI-E or PCI-X, but you should make sure that you have a free |
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>> slot and verify that slot type before buying something. |
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>> kashani |
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> OK. Lets see if my muddy water has cleared up any. I can use the same |
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> drives on either a "SATA" or a "eSATA" its just that the cable is |
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> different? The "eSATA" cable is shielded where the internal one is |
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> not. No difference in speed or anything, just the cable? Correct? |
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> That's how I read the link. |
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> Your link to newegg is a good one. It only has two ports which may work |
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> if I don't have to buy any more drives before my new build. It is |
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> cheaper too. Jeez, they fill up fast on DSL. LOL |
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I think eSATA and SATA physically have different connectors, but they |
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are the technically same (you can buy simple adapters...). |
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Also, another "Gotcha" to watch out for is that sometimes motherboard |
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or controller cards with both internal SATA and external eSATA ports |
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don't support using both types at the same time. My last two |
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motherboard were this way. 4 internal SATA and 2 eSATA but only 4 |
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devices in total can be used at any time. Caveat emptor. :) |
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