Hard drive choice

[Tony Alfrey]

Net Llama! wrote:
> 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

not really

> that has no SCSI or SATA controllers?  I hope 
> this board was really really really cheap.

yes, it was really, really, really, really cheap.


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