On Wed, 19 May 2004 13:48:01 +0100, "Paul" wrote:

I have seen a card on the ebuyer website:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=60610

The reason I was asking was as I thought it would be better to have the
option to use RAID if I wanted to and this RAID card is cheaper than a SATA
card. With this card would I simply be able to plug an SATA HDD into it with
out the need for any other hardware? My alternative is to not bother with
the RAID option and go for a card like this:

Thats just an ATA card not SATA , it does have raid though.
If you bought a SATA HD it wouldnt connect to it , which is way more
expensive last time I looked than IDE but who knows maybe there are
cheap deals now I havent looked recently only saw one in an ad that
was gross. It was a dinky 30 gig for about he same price as a 120 gig
ATA .


http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=55943

Again would a card like this be as simple as plugging in and a little bit of
setup?

Thanks for your help

If you want SATA and raid at a later date then you have
to get a card that say SATA + RAID.

Ive got one built into my board but am using two IDE HDs with adaptors
on the SATA controller.

You need something like this :
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=55942