Great feedback, thanks guys. I do like quality and don't mind paying for it. Asus it is.
As far as sata 2/3 solid state drives I have found that there are regular quality drives in the terabit range for about the same price as the ssd one I was looking at (It was 60GB and for aprox 130 smackers). Jimbo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Mandel" <tech_...@wildintellect.com> To: <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] sata 2 > On 01/31/2012 10:34 AM, Shwaine wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, jimbo wrote: >> >>> Greetings: >>> >>> I am compiling a list of possible components to build a mini pc. I want >>> to >>> use a solid state drive that is sata 2. I am not sure if this is >>> compatible >>> with the ITX board I am interested in. According to light research sata >>> 2 >>> is just a more robust stream and should be compatible with any sata on >>> any >>> motherboard. Is this a wrong assumption? >>> >>> Bottom line will it work with my desired ITX board? >>> >>> Reference: >>> ITX board of interest: >>> http://www.zotacusa.com/zotac-h67-wifi-h67itx-a-e.html >>> Wiki sata reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA >>> >> >> Since you are planning to use a SSD, you may want to consider SATA3 >> (6.0Gb/s) and one of the faster SSD drives. Some of the better SSDs can >> come pretty close to saturating the SATA2 (3.0 Gb/s) bus. The price >> differential is minor (although some might argue so is the difference in >> saturating SATA2 vs using SATA3). Any Sandy or Ivy Bridge motherboard >> will >> have at least two SATA3 ports. It's standard in their supporting Intel >> chipsets. >> >> You might also want to keep looking around for another mini ITX >> motherboard. I've had bad luck with Zotac in the past. The NewEgg reviews >> for the newer version of the motherboard you listed (H67ITX-C-E) show >> that >> I'm not really alone in this (14% 1 egg, 23% 2 eggs). There are some more >> reliable manufacturers that make mini ITX boards for Sandy Bridge (LGA >> 1155). NewEgg lists several alternatives from more reputable companies >> like Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock, and Intel. For example, this ASRock board >> has >> the same price point, integrated 802.11n, and much better feedback: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157239 >> >> Just something to ponder. >> > > I guess that depends on the use case, my file/print/web server Zotac all > in one box (Atom based) has been great and super low power. But I agree > if you're building a desktop or something for intensive use Asus tends > to be my preferred brand, with the other mentioned boards all having > good reputations. > > Enjoy, > Alex > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech