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Promise SATA300 TX4 and ASUS P4PE mb. Other controller card recos?SATA300 too fast for this mb?
At present, I have a Promise SATA150 TX2 controller card in my system
with an ASUS P4PE mb. I am considering adding a SATA 300 PCI controller card for a SATA-300 drive I have acquired in order to use it to the max, if in fact, it would operate that quickly (but at some time in the future it will probably be in a system that will use it at its maximum capability). Or is this foolish thinking because the bus won't be able to handle anywhere near the 3 Gb/sec that SATA-II is supposed to be able to deliver? Does anyone know of any issues with the Promise SATA300 TX4? Any experience out there with the Promise or any other add-in card that does or does not work with this mb? Are there buses that can even handle 3 Gb/sec burst speeds? Thanks Ken K |
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Promise SATA300 TX4 and ASUS P4PE mb. Other controller card recos? SATA300 too fast for this mb?
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ken wrote:
At present, I have a Promise SATA150 TX2 controller card in my system with an ASUS P4PE mb. I am considering adding a SATA 300 PCI controller card for a SATA-300 drive I have acquired in order to use it to the max, if in fact, it would operate that quickly (but at some time in the future it will probably be in a system that will use it at its maximum capability). Or is this foolish thinking because the bus won't be able to handle anywhere near the 3 Gb/sec that SATA-II is supposed to be able to deliver? SATA disks do not deliver 3Gb/sec. The bus can. But the disks peak at around 640Mb/sec or lower, just like ordinary ATA disks. You have fallen victim to some marketing lies.... Arno Does anyone know of any issues with the Promise SATA300 TX4? Any experience out there with the Promise or any other add-in card that does or does not work with this mb? Are there buses that can even handle 3 Gb/sec burst speeds? |
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Promise SATA300 TX4 and ASUS P4PE mb. Other controller card recos? SATA300 too fast for this mb?
"Ken" wrote in message
At present, I have a Promise SATA150 TX2 controller card in my system with an ASUS P4PE mb. I am considering adding a SATA 300 PCI controller card for a SATA- 300 drive I have acquired in order to use it to the max, if in fact, it would operate that quickly (but at some time in the future it will probably be in a system that will use it at its maximum capability). Not very likely. Or is this foolish thinking because the bus won't be able to handle any- where near the 3 Gb/sec that SATA-II is supposed to be able to deliver? Right. And neither do the drives themselves. Does anyone know of any issues with the Promise SATA300 TX4? Any experience out there with the Promise or any other add-in card that does or does not work with this mb? Are there buses that can even handle 3 Gb/sec burst speeds? 66MHz-PCI, 64-bitPCI, PCI-X, PCIe, take your pick. Thanks Ken K |
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Promise SATA300 TX4 and ASUS P4PE mb. Other controller card recos? SATA300 too fast for this mb?
"Arno Wagner" wrote in message
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ken wrote: At present, I have a Promise SATA150 TX2 controller card in my system with an ASUS P4PE mb. I am considering adding a SATA 300 PCI controller card for a SATA-300 drive I have acquired in order to use it to the max, if in fact, it would operate that quickly (but at some time in the future it will probably be in a system that will use it at its maximum capability). Or is this foolish thinking because the bus won't be able to handle anywhere near the 3 Gb/sec that SATA-II is supposed to be able to deliver? SATA disks do not deliver 3Gb/sec. The bus can. Nope, it can't either. That's just the clockrate is bits per second. There is no easy conversion to Bytes per second. The data is burst at 3Gb/s, along with all kind of command and protocol and serial conversion bits. But the disks peak at around 640Mb/sec or lower, just like ordinary ATA disks. Many disks today peak at higher than 64MB/s. You have fallen victim to some marketing lies.... Right, so learn from that and don't next fall victim to Babblebot Arnie who pulls facts from his arse and sees conspiracies everywhere. Arno Does anyone know of any issues with the Promise SATA300 TX4? Any experience out there with the Promise or any other add-in card that does or does not work with this mb? Are there buses that can even handle 3 Gb/sec burst speeds? |
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