sata drive ?

External Since: Apr 28, 2004 Posts: 8

Got a sata hard drive but not sure if I can use it . I have a Gigabyte m/b
GA-7VT600-L, I know the chipset (VIA KT600) supports sata, but on this board
there are no sata connectors on board. If I buy a controller card and stick
it in a pci slot will I still see the speed that the sata drive is capable
of or will the pci bus restrict me?

Thanks in advance for a help,

ST

External Since: Feb 21, 2004 Posts: 18

if you get a good enough SATA RAID card, it will maintain high data
throughput, and give you more RAID options than those offered by the
motherboard. What price range were you thinking of?