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Hi All
I am looking at buying a PCI adapter/host card with SATA controllers and
possible RAID configurations to add extra SATA drives ( attached internally
with internal ports or externally with external ports).
One card specifies "Host side interface 32bit, 33MHz PC "
Another card specifies "The 64-bit PCI-X architecture ...., and operates up
to 133MHz...Host side interface
PCI-X 64bit (but retro compatible with ordinary PCI), 66/100+133Mhz "
Others talk about having a "64 bit engine" not specifying the "host side
interface"
I have a P4 3.2 GHZ running XP Pro and MOBO based on 875 chipset.AFAIK All
are 32 bit based?
Question : How do I know which is compatible with my pc? I am keen on the
PCI-X based card (PCI retrocompatable) just in case I do upgrade but unsure
whether my "host side" will support it?
(apologies for clumsy written question but I am rapidly getting out of my
technical depth)
Thanks
Sam
Hi All
I am looking at buying a PCI adapter/host card with SATA controllers and
possible RAID configurations to add extra SATA drives ( attached internally
with internal ports or externally with external ports).
One card specifies "Host side interface 32bit, 33MHz PC "
Another card specifies "The 64-bit PCI-X architecture ...., and operates up
to 133MHz...Host side interface
PCI-X 64bit (but retro compatible with ordinary PCI), 66/100+133Mhz "
Others talk about having a "64 bit engine" not specifying the "host side
interface"
I have a P4 3.2 GHZ running XP Pro and MOBO based on 875 chipset.AFAIK All
are 32 bit based?
Question : How do I know which is compatible with my pc? I am keen on the
PCI-X based card (PCI retrocompatable) just in case I do upgrade but unsure
whether my "host side" will support it?
(apologies for clumsy written question but I am rapidly getting out of my
technical depth)
Thanks
Sam