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Originally Posted by Fruition2k Been looking for the same thing, being my ASUS P5ND2 SLI has SATA out on the
motherboard. So far this seems to be the only one with SATA II.
I'm using a P4 D830 dual core w/ Western Digital WD2500KS for nearly a year
with great results for audio, but mostly video production. After reading SATAII
drive info, it seemed that they would be faster an external Firewire drive...
Firewire being 400/800 megabits (100MB) vs SATAII over 150 to 300MB sec?
Did you see this enclosure...? http://www.cooldrives.com/sarehadrenfo.html |
That thing looks...cool, the best I've seen so far, but I don't know the price. Does it only have eSATA and USB 2.0? Does it do a 300 throughput, or only 150 and just "supports" SATAII? Have you tried it? Is it noisy? Why the hell isn't there a purchase button? Why can't i find it anywhere else on the internet?
Added bonuses would include:
- pullout rack rather than a screw-on/screw-off rack.
- silence
Basically, if these models had firewire and SATAII 300 throughput (and looked sturdy), I'd buy one of them because they're cheap too:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16817145237 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817185006
But obviously the Avastor is best in the flexibility department, but unfortunately expensive. Does it have eSATA out? But it doesn't say on the webpage for this specific case whether it supports SATA drives and up to what size SATA drive (500gb?):
http://www.usrecordingmedia.com/usre...dtpousabd.html
...though it does say "Available in various combinations of USB 2.0, FireWire 400/800 and SATA interfaces" on the general drive page...Also, the Avastor site says it supports a transfer rate of only "Up to 60MB/s"...which is nothing compared to SATAII
Really, the Glyph GT 050Q is the best out there from what I've found, and you can put in SATAII drives, though I don't think it takes full advantage of the throughput. However, it has FW400, FW800, USB, and eSATA, which is FANtastic. Too bad it is so expensive. i can get a Maxtor Onetouch III 300gb for $200, and the Glyph 300GB 050Q costs $399.