[mythtv-users] OT: Help selecting PCI SATA card

[Steve Peters - Priority Electronics]

There is another option you have not considered...you can go with an sata to
Ide converter board, thus saving you from using the pci slot.

We sell them at my work for only $8.99
http://www.priorityelectronics.com/ultra/ccd-st-101l.htm

Or you can go with a sabrent PCI or PCI-e sata card (that's what I use), 
http://www.priorityelectronics.com/product/Search.aspx?store=pe&q=sabrent&pt
=1513f52ce03f443e906a5ccab37a6fd8 - there's a bunch of sabrent stuff here
and it works great with ubuntu edgy and feisty (for sure) and I'm sure it
works for other linux distros.

I'm not trying to advertise here since this is from my company, but I'm not
sure where else to get these other than probably new egg.
-Thanks
-Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Harry Orenstein
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 7:38 PM
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] OT: Help selecting PCI SATA card


This is definitely off topic for this list, but I think that this is a good 
place to ask, so...

I have a MB (Asus A7V8X-X) that does not have SATA ports and only supports
PCI 
cards.  I want to add storage to be able to keep more recorded programs, so
I 
bought a 500GB SATA HD.  The question is, what is the best SATA chipset for 
PCI?  My choices are either a no-name SIL3112 card, a no-name VIA6421 card
or 
a Promise S150-TX2plus.

Between these choices, does anyone have a suggestion?  I run FC6 and plan on

going to F7 or F8 eventually, if that makes any difference.  My concerns are

what is currently best supported by libata and what will be best supported
by 
libata in the future.  I fully intend to eventually upgrade my MB and go to 
onboard SATA, but until then...

TIA!!


-- Harry O.
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