Hard drive choice

[Tony Alfrey]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 16:04 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> ... and the sun was over the yardarm. YoHo, Ric
> 

You're just jealous 'cause you didn't score a free muthaboard.


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