FWIW, not looking terribly hard for the cheapest, I ordered several WD
Caviars ~500GB today for $60:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073
Scott
On Nov 21, 2008, at 5:24 PM, James Boswell wrote:
Whilst it just about makes sense to press the PATA harddisks into
service with convertors, given the cost of replacement disks
(they're more than I thought actually, newegg have _80GB_ disks for
$40 ! wth! that's hilarious since a few months ago I remember seeing
1 terabyte Samsung F1's for $115 or so)
$19.99 for a SATA/PATA convertor for an optical drive...
or $21.99 for a native SATA Optical drive?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136149
I can't really form a case for the convertor in that instance,
especially with the extra point of failure they add to the equation
-JB
On 21 Nov 2008, at 21:09, DHSinclair wrote:
JB,
To your 1st, I'd tend to agree, my check today looks like ~$25-$40
for opticals like Samsung/Lite-On........? I now have 5 current
pata opticals (4 AOpen, 1 some generic), they all work, so I'd like
to continue with them, if at all possible. Unless, any of the newer
SATA specific opticals offer better performance that my current crop.
As for pata hard drives, I have 2. Both Seagate 160GB. So far, one
is running well w/converter. One still has to be converted.
Agreed, I am pinching pennies here. Any/all new hard drives will
be sata. Any/all new opticals will be sata.
Thank you,
Duncan
At 20:56 11/21/2008 +0000, you wrote:
for $19 or so each for convertors surely you're better off just...
buying new optical drives that are native SATA?
For that matter, how large are the PATA disks you're planning to
keep
in service?
On 21 Nov 2008, at 20:51, DHSinclair wrote:
OK, I now own 6 Sabrent SBT-SCIDE sata/eide converters. 2 are in
use. 1 is now suspect. 3 remain untested.
I spoke with Sabrent today. They have no technical knowledge of
their own product. Freely admitted that this product is a cheap
knock-off of other "more expensive" products in the pipeline ATM.
Bummer.
So, what are these other "more expensive" converters? I have a
link
to HyperMicrosystems for $19 each, but it clearly states that it
only works with hard drives. I am looking for reliable converters
for both hard drives and cdrom/dvdrom/burner that are pata-based.
I will test the rest of my stack tonight. Newegg and I will settle
up next week if necessary.
Thank you,
Duncan
