Hi Gregg, Then what motherboard would you recommend? Capable of 32GB ram and enough PCIe slots for adding a card with multi eSata ports, video board and pro audio board? I don't need things like wireless LAN, overclocking etc. but I do need simplicity and reliability.
Basically I would be ok with any motherboard without standard eSata connectors but with 3 full PCIe slots, right? Rieni At 25-12-2012 10:07, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > >--- On Tue, 12/25/12, Rieni ><<mailto:rieni%40squarepixel.com>[email protected]> wrote: > > > I checked all my external drives (I have two > > storage towers and 13 individual external G-Tech > > and WD drives) again, and all have eSata > > connectors. eSata is faster than FW800, the > > downside is that eSata drives can't be chained > > like FW drives can, so I definitely have to stay > > away from motherboards that only have 1 eSata > > connector if I want to be able to move data > > around between drives. > >There are two solutions for that. One is an eSATA port multiplier, >sort of like an Ethernet switch for SATA. They're also available for >internal SATA devices. > >The other is a PCI Express eSATA card to add more ports. > >One thing to watch for with PCIe slots on motherboards are ones that >are only partially connected. A favorite thing on many boards are x4 >slots that are only connected up as x2 and x8 slots that are really only x4. > >The section of a PCIe slot next to the back end of the board is the >minimum a PCIe card needs. The rest of it is just more "lanes" for >data. *Most* PCIe cards are made to work at any xN lower than their >maximum, but with reduced data transfer speed. The cards that can't >step down to lower xN aren't fully compliant with the PCI Express standards. > >The partially connected slots are just to allow cards with bigger >connectors to be plugged in. It's possible to carefully cut a slot >in the front end of a short PCIe connector to plug in a longer card. >Very rare are factory made open ended PCIe slot connectors. > >This flexibility is what enables those boxes with a x16 length PCIe >slot to plug into ExpressCard slots on laptops, which only have a >PCIe x1 connection. With high end x16 video cards that's like trying >to neck a fire hose down to a 3/4" garden hose. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
