Alright, basically, I'm trying to cram the most storage possible into my new sawtooth. I already have a 160gb drive and a 200gb drive, both are 7200rpm 8mb cache. I contemplated selling them on ebay to get more money to buy bigger drives but it seemed like it wasn't worth it. I haven't ruled it out completely but it doesn't seem like it will be worth it.
I haven't decided weather the new drives will be sata or pata.
The sata cards are cheaper and the cables are much smaller and easier to manage but the drives are more expensive.
So far I've been looking at 2 different drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148131 - 300gb sata seagate with ncq $94.99 shipped.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144392 - 320gb pata western digital $110.98 shipped or sata version for $116.98 shipped.
Now for the two cards to chose between:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SIIG/SCSA4M12/ - sata supports 4 drives $57.99
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ACARD/AEC6280M/ - pata supports 4 drives $69.99
I need the drives to be as reliable as possible and I need the most bang for the buck basically.
What would you do?
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Edit:
Well I decided to go with the 300gb drives, 2 of them, and the sata card. I am gonna sell my old drives. I figure when I fill the drives I can get even more HD space for even less money, thats why I didn't jump straight to 4 drives right away.
I haven't decided weather the new drives will be sata or pata.
The sata cards are cheaper and the cables are much smaller and easier to manage but the drives are more expensive.
So far I've been looking at 2 different drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148131 - 300gb sata seagate with ncq $94.99 shipped.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144392 - 320gb pata western digital $110.98 shipped or sata version for $116.98 shipped.
Now for the two cards to chose between:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SIIG/SCSA4M12/ - sata supports 4 drives $57.99
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ACARD/AEC6280M/ - pata supports 4 drives $69.99
I need the drives to be as reliable as possible and I need the most bang for the buck basically.
What would you do?
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Edit:
Well I decided to go with the 300gb drives, 2 of them, and the sata card. I am gonna sell my old drives. I figure when I fill the drives I can get even more HD space for even less money, thats why I didn't jump straight to 4 drives right away.