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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:09:27 -0500
From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]  Good fast IDE hard drive but cheap and BIG.
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kashani wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently got DSL and youtube is growing on me.  LOL  I been trying to
>> find a really good hard drive that is around 400 to 500Gb and pretty
>> fast.  It has to be a IDE drive, you know, the big wide cables.  I don't
>> have SATA on this rig.
>>
>> I have a Maxtor that I like and is pretty fast but it appears they are a
>> little hard to find nowadays.  In matter of importance:  size, price,
>> speed.  Newegg is great but will consider others as well.
>>
>> Thanks for any pointers.  Open to ideas. 
>
> SATA PCI card should be < $20. I'd then go with a SATA II drive.
>
> kashani
>
>

OK.  I'm looking at these two SATA cards.  I'm not sure which one yet. 
One has the external connector too.  Sort of like that idea. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815102102

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124003

For the hard drive, I'm liking this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

I figure that will last me a little while.  I found me a site to
download the Law & Order and NCIS shows now.  Oh boy !!!!

Anyone see anything wrong with that combination? 

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)