Hard drive choice

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>> But I have lots of PCI slots on this MB so
>>> can I get more controllers for more drives?  Don't laugh if it's a
>>> stupid question; how am I supposed to know, eh?
>>
>> Yes, you could purchase additional PCI SATA controllers to attach more
>> drives.  I'm puzzled as to why your mobo only has two SATA connectors.
>> Every board I've seen in the past few years usually has 4 or more.  I've
>> even seen a few with 16(!).
>
> It doesn't have SATA connectors, it has IDE connectors.
> But that's good news about the multiple SATA thing.
> Oh, boy, oh, boy, I'm going to Fry's, I'm going to Fry's.

You bought a new motherboard that has no SCSI or SATA controllers?  I hope 
this board was really really really cheap.


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