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7- SATA controller opinions?
I just bought two 300GB SATA hard disks. My mobo has two SATA ports, one of which is filled. So I decided to look for controller cards. Would I be crazy for looking at this one?


Find out whether it works with Linux before you buy one. Linux has drivers for:

(Intel) AHCI SATA
NVIDIA nForce SATA
Promise SATA
Pacific Digital Corporation QStor SATA
Silicon Image SATA (this covers the one you pointed to)
Silicon Integrated Systems SATA (but problems reported with some of these)
ServerWorks / Apple K2 SATA
ULi Electronics SATA
VIA Serial ATA controllers
Vitesse VSC7174 4 port DPA SATA

Cheers


Edited by mlord (16/09/2005 19:57)