Re: [Staffslug] Installing onto a SATA drive?
On 5 June 2012 21:18, Tom Hill <tom(a)ninjabadger.net> wrote:
It's a PATA to SATA converter. In theory the ATA command set is identical;
it's just converting between Parallel and Serial buses. The CF card to IDE
conversion is actually far simpler.
I would imagine that my high-level understanding could well be slightly (if
not somewhat) inaccurate, but in theory if it works acceptably for you, why
not use it?
Personally, I think you're better-off with a PCI-E SATA card, as you're
getting guaranteed bandwidth (from both SATA & PCI-E) but I've no idea what
you can find for what cost. :)
Tom
Well, the converters are only about 99p so it's not exactly a lot if
it doesn't work... If it doesn't I can easily try a PCI card.
Bearing in mind it is an old mobo anyway so I wonder if the bandwidth
would be much different.... At some point I shall get a newer, more
modern board but I just want to eke out some more use from this one.
I could put it into use as some form of server but I already have
about half a dozen for this sort of use :)
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