A family member gave me a 400GB seagate harddrive for my birthday. I found out, unfortunately, that it uses SATA and none of my desktops have SATA (yes, they are that old).
Since I am a ways off from upgrading to anything that supports SATA, and I don't want to bog down the performance of the drive with an external closure (using USB or firewire), I am looking for a good PCI SATA adapter card.
I've read a bunch of the product reviews on NewEgg, and from what I've gathered, they all suck. Unless I want to pay 300 dollars for the adapter card (which I don't).
Linux support is something I like to have, since I dual boot on most of my computers, but if it's not possible, I can live without.
So I am asking for input from owners of adapter cards. Which ones are worth it? Should I wait until I can use a motherboard controller?
Thank you
Since I am a ways off from upgrading to anything that supports SATA, and I don't want to bog down the performance of the drive with an external closure (using USB or firewire), I am looking for a good PCI SATA adapter card.
I've read a bunch of the product reviews on NewEgg, and from what I've gathered, they all suck. Unless I want to pay 300 dollars for the adapter card (which I don't).
Linux support is something I like to have, since I dual boot on most of my computers, but if it's not possible, I can live without.
So I am asking for input from owners of adapter cards. Which ones are worth it? Should I wait until I can use a motherboard controller?
Thank you