OT 1TB pata drives?
I looked a month or so and could find local sources of 1 TB pata drives (should have splashed out then). Now the maximum I can find is 500GB. What gives? Can anyone point me to a source (chc preferably, nz otherwise) of 1TB (or bigger) pata drives? Linux connect? mythtv needs more space and the backend already has it's two sata ports occupied with a 1TB and a 750G drive, but has a ide port with presently only a dvd drive attached (which i could ditch, updates are done online anyway). I guess my other alternative is to get a pci-e sata card and sata drives.
Re: OT 1TB pata drives?
On Fri 06 Aug 2010 18:37:50 NZST +1200, Nick Rout wrote: What gives? Can anyone point me to a source (chc preferably, nz otherwise) of 1TB (or bigger) pata drives? Maybe they can't satisfy demand and are producing the mainstream items first? Check pricespry, if nothing else they have a good list of suppliers. I guess my other alternative is to get a pci-e sata card and sata drives. Which might actually come cheaper anyway, times when PATA and SATA where the same price are past. And you can reuse the drive when you upgrade your mythbox. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: OT 1TB pata drives?
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Fri 06 Aug 2010 18:37:50 NZST +1200, Nick Rout wrote: What gives? Can anyone point me to a source (chc preferably, nz otherwise) of 1TB (or bigger) pata drives? Maybe they can't satisfy demand and are producing the mainstream items first? Check pricespry, if nothing else they have a good list of suppliers. good point, there is nothing over 500G in the ide section. I guess my other alternative is to get a pci-e sata card and sata drives. Which might actually come cheaper anyway, times when PATA and SATA where the same price are past. And you can reuse the drive when you upgrade your mythbox. Any particular card you recommend (or that I should avoid). I saw a via card on trademe and thought it best to avoid that baby! I could then go to 2 more 2G drives then. Must be pci-e. (the pci slots are taken up by tuners). Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
