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SATA what?
"fred do" wrote in message
... OK, instead of purchasing a SCSI hd I've decided to go ahead and get: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 80GB SATA150 (http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-in...icklinx=259XWS) 1) Instead of purchasing a seperate PCI card for it, would it work exactly the same if I bought a mobo with RAID built-in like this one: Gigabyte SoA VIA KT400A ATX A L R (http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...7VAXP-A%20Ultr a.ht m) 2) What about the power cable? Can I use the same one as I use for UDMA ATA/133 IDE hard drives? 3) Can I set the SATA150 hard drive as C: drive and connect 2 other 120GB UDMA ATA/133 hard drives to the said mobo and have them act as D: and E: drives respectively in Windows XP? 4) According to the spec of the said mobo, there are "3 x cooling fan pin header". Does that mean I can connect 3 CoolerMaster Quiet 8cm Case Fans? 1) Yes but why that one? This one's much better http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...N400%20Pro.htm amazing sound processor with equally amazing sound control panel, Dolby processor, SPDIF in and out (for the "in" function you have to make the connector yourself), separate connectors for analogue surround and centre/sub speakers, optical and coaxial SPDIF out. Requires 5.1 speaker system though. Just built a few customer systems around it and I was impressed. 2) No, a power adapter cable is required. 3) Yes 4) Yes |
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"Alien Zord" wrote in message
... 1) Yes but why that one? This one's much better http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...N400%20Pro.htm Will that fit into this case http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details...p?ProdID=01082 2) No, a power adapter cable is required. Where do I get that from? TIA! |
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"fred do" wrote in message
... "Alien Zord" wrote in message ... 1) Yes but why that one? This one's much better http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...N400%20Pro.htm Will that fit into this case http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details...p?ProdID=01082 2) No, a power adapter cable is required. Where do I get that from? It certainly will fit into that case! Too big, I prefer elegant "just big enough" cases like the ones in here (and no doors, they are a pain): http://www.cjcomputers.co.uk/ The power adaptors are available from Gigabyte distributors so just tell your favourite retailer that Ideal Hardware have got them. |
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Howdy!
"Alien Zord" wrote in message ... Just wanted to piggyback on this one ... 4) According to the spec of the said mobo, there are "3 x cooling fan pin header". Does that mean I can connect 3 CoolerMaster Quiet 8cm Case Fans? 4) Yes Actually, 4 is normally "no", unless you use a 4-wire kit for the CPU fan. That's one of the headers, anyway. Unless you're going to use software speed control, or want to monitor the fan RPMs, there's no need to use an on-board fan header for a case fan, IMO. (Of course, I !LIKE! to be able to monitor fan speeds ... but that's a different subject.) RwP |
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OK, am I the only person who can't find the damn technical or installation
manual for the Western Digital Raptor 36GB SATA150? http://www.wdc.com/en/products/WD360GD.asp http://www.wdc.com/en/library/ has no link to their Serial ATA hard drives, or am I looking in the wrong place? I just want to find out whether it has a legacy power connector! "Alien Zord" wrote in message ... "fred do" wrote in message ... "Alien Zord" wrote in message ... 1) Yes but why that one? This one's much better http://uk.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...N400%20Pro.htm Will that fit into this case http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details...p?ProdID=01082 2) No, a power adapter cable is required. Where do I get that from? It certainly will fit into that case! Too big, I prefer elegant "just big enough" cases like the ones in here (and no doors, they are a pain): http://www.cjcomputers.co.uk/ The power adaptors are available from Gigabyte distributors so just tell your favourite retailer that Ideal Hardware have got them. |
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"Ralph Wade Phillips" wrote in message
.. . "Alien Zord" wrote in message ... 4) Yes Actually, 4 is normally "no", unless you use a 4-wire kit for the CPU fan. That's one of the headers, anyway. Hehe, nitpicking. For a split of a second I forgot that the total count includes the CPU fan header. |
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