Envy News reviews SIIG’s Serial-ATA PCI card – a 2-channel non-RAID
card. ‘Inexpensive and bundled with SATA cables’, they take a look at how it competes
with an nForce2’s on-board ATA controller using a pair of matched drives
– Seagate’s Barracuda V 120GB ATA drive, and the Barracuda V SATA 120GB
drive:
“When
it comes to storage technology, the buzz is all about the new standard on the
block: Serial ATA. Serial ATA, or SATA for short, is one of the more revolutionary
steps that is taking place in the computer industry. No more do consumers have
to put up with those wide IDE cables that block airflow or deal with rounded cables
that may be shielded just enough to prevent major data loss; the days of trying
to plug in drives without bending pins or playing with jumpers are now coming
to an end as well. Ultra-fast transfer speeds, tiny cabling, and hot swap ability
are now available to those that are equipped to use it.”
SIIG Serial
ATA PCI card @ envynews.com
SIIG Serial-ATA PCI Review
January 27th 2003 |
CPUs & Chipsets
