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