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skarpa   07-23-2008 at 01:11:03 PM

hi

i've just bought a s/h dell precision 650 - it has a 37gb scsi hd and i'd like to add more storage.

scsi hds are too expensive so i'm thinking about sata drives.

i know i'll need a sata card so can anyone recommend one? i don't need raid but there's the adaptec 1210sa which looks useful but it's pci 66 rather than pci-x.

also will i get any performance bonus over ide?

thanks

skarpa :)



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sifet   05-21-2009 at 01:35:51 PM
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Hi Skarpa,

Not sure if you've had a response yet, but I'm in the same boat as you.

Tried a generic VIA 6421 chipset IDE SATA controller and the BIOS doesn't recognise the drives at all. So there's one not to try!

Will have a look around and see if anyone does know of a compatible card for the DELL 650.

sifet

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mason6721   06-30-2009 at 05:41:30 PM
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try using a Silicom Image Sil 3124 SoftRaid 5 Controller


Robert.

Dell Precision 650
500 gig hard drive sata
37 gig scsi drive
nvidia fx 2000

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