Hard drive choice

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 13:25 -0800, 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.
Ha! a mental image of Elmer Fudd, complete with a bent barrel shotgun
and flappy eared plaid hat, skipping to Fyr's to hwunt a hwarddrive
heheheheheh, comes to mind. <chuckles> Ric

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