- Aug 23, 2016
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Greetings. To give some background, my newest project PC is to make a computer where the parts either have "420" in the name, such as Athlon X3 420e or GT 420, or if their value equals to something around that, such as 4.20 GB of RAM or 420GB of HDD storage. The HDD is where my question comes into play.
For some reason, they never made 420 GB hard drives, only external drives and PCI SSDs. Plus, due to how Windows work, it wouldn't actually read 420GB, but a lower value and thus the joke would be lost. The closest hard drive that would give me this value would be a 450GB HDD, giving me around 419 actual GB, however they were never made as SATA drives, but rather SAS. I've read around, and experimented with a SAS drive and adapter like this one , but Windows 7's installation would not recognize the drive, possibly because the SAS drive can't work via a SATA port. However, there seem to be PCI adapters that allow them to work, and this is where my question comes in. Would a PCI SAS controller allow me to use this drive? And if so, what would be a good, preferably cheap controller to use?
I -only- need this drive to drive the joke home, no other reason. If they actually made 450GB hard drives, this wouldn't be a problem at all. Thanks, and see ya!
For some reason, they never made 420 GB hard drives, only external drives and PCI SSDs. Plus, due to how Windows work, it wouldn't actually read 420GB, but a lower value and thus the joke would be lost. The closest hard drive that would give me this value would be a 450GB HDD, giving me around 419 actual GB, however they were never made as SATA drives, but rather SAS. I've read around, and experimented with a SAS drive and adapter like this one , but Windows 7's installation would not recognize the drive, possibly because the SAS drive can't work via a SATA port. However, there seem to be PCI adapters that allow them to work, and this is where my question comes in. Would a PCI SAS controller allow me to use this drive? And if so, what would be a good, preferably cheap controller to use?
I -only- need this drive to drive the joke home, no other reason. If they actually made 450GB hard drives, this wouldn't be a problem at all. Thanks, and see ya!
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