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HighPoint Rocket 1511

The 1511 provides the most unassuming way of operating a hard drive externally via serial ATA. The card uses the HPT372 but only makes use of one port (two are possible). Since this puts a serious damper on its possible applications, we strongly recommend another controller that has at least two ports. In any case, aided by HighPoint's B11 and B22 adapters, the RocketMate housing can be operated by any SATA controller.

The extra package is accordingly Spartan: a handbook and a driver disk. But that's all you really need in this case.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.