To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: Hardware:Mother boards
You'll only be happy if you stick with WD SATA HDs then as they have the standard molex & SATA connections but what is one to do with the 2 SATA power connectors from the PS if it comes with them?
Due to not enough time devoted to research and development I am slow to adopt new technology. Examples: I lagged in going to NTFS and to SATA. I get there, eventually.
The same applies to hard drives. When I was ready to go to SATA my supplier did not offer what I wanted by Western Digital. Those who know me feel I would never abandon Western Digital. My supplier offered me a 5 year warranty Seagate SATA 160 GB hard drive at a very competitive price. I took it and after at least 10 of these, I am a happy camper.
Naturally, I stuck with Enlight. The 350 watt power supply Prescott compliant Enlight case which features a 120 mm power supply fan and SATA power connectors, of course.
My largest stack (so far) from the top down was stacked like this:
Top 5.25" Bay: DVD ROM
Next 5.25" Bay: Serial ATA Hard Drive in the next 5.25" bay in a 3.5" adapter frame.
Third 5.25" Bay: DVD Writer
Fourth 5.25" Bay: Open 5.25" Bay for a 6th Item if Needed in Future
1st 3.5" Bay: Floppy Drive
2nd 3.5" Bay: Zip Drive
3rd 3.5" Bay: Customer's IDE Hard Drive
Never have I came even close to needing one of those full towers with seven 5.25" bays.
And now my supplier tells me that Enlight is offering the Prescott complaint case with a 450 watt power supply. I will offer that as an optional item in the near future. At this point in time I see no need to require my customers to pay for a 450 watt power supply case in order to buy a Pentium 4 computer.
"what is one to do with the 2 SATA power connectors from the PS if it comes with them?"
In Intel Celeron builds that use a cheaper Asus motherboard that has no SATA I tie up the one set of wires that has 2 SATA power connectors along with any other wires that I do not use. In Pentium 4 builds I use one of these SATA power connectors for the SATA hard drive that is now standard equipment with each Pentium 4 that I build.
Chuck
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