best SATA controller card?

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:19:20 +0100, "Ian Roberts" <sorry.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.com>
wrote:

 >Hi
 >
 >I'm looking at getting an SATA drive and want to know what are currently
 >regarded as the best controllers?
 >
 >I'm using AMD XP3000 on an MSI K7N2 Delta board - mine is the version w/o
 >SATA on board needless to say but thought I would anyway! 8^)
 >
 >Thanks guys
 >
 >I^)
 >

Frankly, despite what people say, SATA is just marketing bullshit
right now. It's just a pata drive with an extra chip to convert the
signals to SATA. What's wrong with this picture ?

Oh, they'll all scream and yell, but SATA won't be worthwhile until
they get to the next version. This one's hosed.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Not_Ron.TakeThisOut@word_up.com wrote:

 > On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:19:20 +0100, "Ian Roberts" <sorry.TakeThisOut@NOSPAM.com>
 > wrote:
 >
  >>Hi
  >>
  >>I'm looking at getting an SATA drive and want to know what are currently
  >>regarded as the best controllers?
  >>
  >>I'm using AMD XP3000 on an MSI K7N2 Delta board - mine is the version w/o
  >>SATA on board needless to say but thought I would anyway! 8^)
  >>
  >>Thanks guys
  >>
  >>I^)
  >>
 >
 > Frankly, despite what people say, SATA is just marketing bullshit
 > right now. It's just a pata drive with an extra chip to convert the
 > signals to SATA.

In some cases. Not all.

 > What's wrong with this picture ?
 >
 > Oh, they'll all scream and yell, but SATA won't be worthwhile until
 > they get to the next version. This one's hosed.

Tell that to the people running Raptors. Sure, they'd run the same with
PATA, but you can't _get_ them with PATA.

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--John
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<Not_Ron.RemoveThis@word_up.com> wrote in message
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 > On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:19:20 +0100, "Ian Roberts" <sorry.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.com>
 > wrote:
 >
  > >Hi
  > >
  > >I'm looking at getting an SATA drive and want to know what are currently
  > >regarded as the best controllers?
  > >
  > >I'm using AMD XP3000 on an MSI K7N2 Delta board - mine is the version w/o
  > >SATA on board needless to say but thought I would anyway! 8^)
  > >
  > >Thanks guys
  > >
  > >I^)
  > >
 >
 > Frankly, despite what people say, SATA is just marketing bullshit
 > right now. It's just a pata drive with an extra chip to convert the
 > signals to SATA. What's wrong with this picture ?
 >
 > Oh, they'll all scream and yell, but SATA won't be worthwhile until
 > they get to the next version. This one's hosed.

This version works just fine.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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