Serial ATA
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From the SATA setups I've seen the cable(looks more like a thick cord not wide like a ide ribbon or even round ide cable) is a standard size and pinned type for plugin direct to the onboard SATA controller ports. With a new case planned for 2007 a pair of large capacity SATA drives will be the first here. The installation instructions for the 150gb Raptor drive are seen at http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...WQgZm9yIHJhcHRvciBkcml2ZQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1
The_Other_One
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Yes, it'll work just fine.
fade2green514
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agreed 
mixing them runs them at sata150 speeds which is about half that of sata3gbps... most hard drives cant put that much info through n e ways though so the biggest difference you'll see is the 10,000 rpm. i suggest you get the 74gb with 16mb buffer... or even two of them for a RAID 0 array.
mixing them runs them at sata150 speeds which is about half that of sata3gbps... most hard drives cant put that much info through n e ways though so the biggest difference you'll see is the 10,000 rpm. i suggest you get the 74gb with 16mb buffer... or even two of them for a RAID 0 array.If any problems arise trying to get one or more Raptor drives running the option of using a controller is there as well. But look over your board's specifications and FAQ section at the support for more information. If you are planning to use the drive as a primary on a board with eide controllers you will have problems there since the eide contollers will override SATA. This is one to point here. Those may or may not have to be disabled. But this was one thing to be aware of in order to get the new drive working.
pwoznic said:
I just had to run out and upgrade an older board that quite to an A8N-SLI model with the 4 SATA drive capability there. But running a pair of 400gb drives was planned for a new built in 2007. That's when SATA II could play a role there on a strictly SATA board. I'll be looking at an air conditioned case when doing that along with drive coolers.
With the newer boards of course the onboard SATA controllers often remove the need for a controller card you add in to manage the drives. But regardless of RAID or SATA with or without an added card you still have to get Windows to make the drivers active as well as detect the drives themselves. With the next I had been intending to add the SATA array there rather then depend on the second ide drive currently being used for storage. The bootup option to load drivers for either is seen at post time as well as having to go into the bios itself to enable things there. I may try an array with the present case to get started myself there to get far more familiar with the process. A first for me too.