Old, as in size, displaced by bigger. But, yes, all are SATA
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> That's surprising. The Thermaltake BlacX's internal interface is SATA.
> I would have expected many of your older drives to be IDE and EIDE
> which would also require a separate power connection. Maybe your "old"
> drives aren't so old?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Rand E wrote:
>
>> I use this one (Thermaltake) and have used it for several months now. I
>> am very pleased with it. With it, I can use all the smaller drives that
>> have been removed from my CPU case due to obsolescence (ie smaller
>> capacity) . I have never had any issues with it.
>> Rand E
>>
>> Moose wrote:
>>
>>> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good timing! Thanks Chuck.
>>>>
>>>> I'd thought I had another bay, but I only have two and they're both filled
>>>> on my Optiplex 620. I guess I'm going to have to retire one of my 250 GB
>>>> drives to swap in the 1.5 TB.
>>>>
>>>> This device is looking attractive for backing up:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121046
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I don't know about that one. At least Chuck and I, and I seem to recall
>>> someone else here, are using this model.
>>> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153071&Tpk=thermaltake%20blacx%20esata>
>>>
>>> eSATA drives don't hot swap on my Vista. I need to ask for a disk rescan.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Can be used with either USB or eSATA. Anybody try one?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I posted some performance data on mine to convince C.H. that eSATA can
>>> be much faster than USB 2.0. The 1.5TB drives are quite speedy, quiet a
>>> bit faster than my 500GB drives.
>>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Misc/WDC1500_eSATAvsUSB2.jpg>
>>>
>>> Moose
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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