[Cialug] SATA the norm these days?

Tim Wilson tim_linux at wilson-home.com
Sat Jun 21 20:50:01 CDT 2008


I'd do the CPU + mobo + memory thing, since you're probably doing a decent
upgrade, and you're getting the SATA that you need.  That is likely the most
bang for the buck.  Although, I'm curious what $130 gets you.

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Colin Burnett <cmlburnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Currently an assortment of 50-200 GB drives that I want to get rid of
> before they die.  My only requirement is space.  Last I checked the
> price for 750 GBs was cheapest per GB.  Performance, etc. are a
> non-issue.
>
>
> Colin
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Colin Burnett <cmlburnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I'm currently facing an issue of an older system (Athlon XP 2400+
> >> 2GHz) which needs a storage upgrade but has no SATA on the mobo (nor
> >> PCIe).  I could buy PATA drives or some cheap PCI <--> SATA card & get
> >> SATA drives or get a new system.
> >>
> >> Any perspectives on this decision from anyone?  :)
> >
> > What are you storage requirements?  What do you have now?
> >
> > -todd
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Tim
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