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