[ale] adding a new HD

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Thu May 29 18:47:05 EDT 2008


On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> On Thu May 29 2008, Brian Pitts wrote:
>> Serial ATA drives use different data and (normally different power
>> connectors than parallel ATA drives. SATA uses one device per cable.
>>
>> It's a little confusing to refer to PATA as IDE, since SATA drives can
>> operate in an IDE emulation mode on motherboards that don't support AHCI.
>>
>> You can buy 750GB SATA drives from various manufacturers for around
>> $120. Here's a link to one of WD's new GP models.
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136150
>>
>> -Brian
>
> I was just flat amazed. I have not looked at buying a HD for... obviously too
> many years!
>
> outpost showed this, I thought it was a joke!
> http://shop3.frys.com/product/5528610?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
>
> a 1TB drive for under $200 ????my first 10 Mb drive was way more than that!!!!
>

Don't forget you may need to buy a separate sata data cable.  ($5 or
so).  We tend to buy drives in bulk, so I don't know if the retail
boxes have those in there or not.

Greg
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