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PC Upgades
OK, I've got 3-4 upgrades I want to ask about.
First off, part of the reason for the upgrade is I've got a mega project with about 14 hours of video that I want to segregate to a separate HDD. Secondly, some of my hardware is a little old. I'm currently running two- 250 gb SATA HDD's, connected to the motherboard. I'm looking to add a Western Digital 400 GB HDwith a SATA controller card to the mix. The all knowing, pimply-faced teenagers at Fry's said I could only have two- SATA drives in a system. I assume they were only talking about MB SATA, and not considering adding the controller card. Am I right? I prefer Internal HDD, but am not married to that. Seeing what I've read about RAID 0/1, I don't see the benefits to me of that setup, and I will not RAID. What are your recommendations for a decent DVD burner, or should I get a duplicator instead? More to come(monitors and video cards) later... Thanks |
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Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong at all with internal drives. In fact, they would undoubtedly be the most inexpensive solution. I just wanted to present another option. Quote:
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Couldn't you add a 400GB IDE drive? Or is there no room left for that in your system?
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http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/esata...i-raid-kit.htm
External SATA Example.. One thing to think about is the performance and possible bottle-necking of the addon SATA Card.. Not saying it will happen but with some NLE's it could pose a problem if the chipset doesn't dig the SATA Add-on card.. You could just upgrade your motherboard to a new one.. Most 945/955/975 intel chipsets for example have 4 SATA ports which can be run in AHCI/ATA or ACHI/RAID or PATA.. I have a couple Lacie 320GB External Firewire Drives and I hate em.. I always get a Windows Delayed write error and this is after 3 Firewire Cards, Onboard Firewire and Ti Drivers and OHCI Drivers.. Bah.. |
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