SATA dives

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I know this is not a hardware N.G. but there are a lot of savvy people
here.

Assuming one has a decent computer without a SATA interface or an extended
pci slot, does anyone know of a SATA upgrade adaptor that works?
 
You could try asking in the "WinXP.hardware" group if there is one that
works better with Windows XP!
 
Bob I said:
You could try asking in the "WinXP.hardware" group if there is one that
works better with Windows XP!
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Not an Xp specific question but thanks for the suggestion..
BTW within the time frame it would be highly unlikely that any SATA would
not be Xp compatible (The primary thrust of th hardware group)
 
vernon said:
Not an Xp specific question but thanks for the suggestion..
BTW within the time frame it would be highly unlikely that any SATA would
not be Xp compatible (The primary thrust of th hardware group)
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Works VS. works well? Any "gotchas"?
 
While my MB has built-in SATA I use a kit from AcomData. The
Drive is a WDC 250 Gigabyte and the kit provides a PCI add-in
card, Cables. The card provides two external drives to be used.

I've been very happy with mine as expansion space for my PC.

Product description page here:
http://www.acomdata.com/hdp/fs.html
*Previously you could find these at CompUSA stores but now that
they are closing 160+ stores I'm not sure where to find a kit.
 
vernon said:
I know this is not a hardware N.G. but there are a lot of savvy people
here.

Assuming one has a decent computer without a SATA interface or an extended
pci slot, does anyone know of a SATA upgrade adaptor that works?
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The answer I came up with is that a MB only capable of IDE or ATA has no
better performance with SATA. So, why bother.
 
Yeah, problem is that you wouldn't benefit from SATA if you used an adapter.
PCI busses aren't as fast as SATA.
I've read that PCI is limited to 133Megs/sec, but SATA starts at
150Megs/sec, so it would be futile. You would be better off with PATA in
that case.
 
that the "burst" rate, after that, how fast the hardware can peel the
data off the platters is what counts. look for the sustained read rate.
 
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