[ale] SATA PCI card or external USB enclosures?

[Alex Carver]

On 3/4/2013 12:45, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
>
> Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> On 3/4/2013 3:04 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>>> I don't have any experience with PCI cards for this.  For enclosures,
>> I
>>> like the Vantec brand.  Quality seems to be good.  Some of them have
>>> fans for cooling.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> On 3/3/2013 2:47 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>>>> Anyone have a suggestion for a good but not too expensive SATA PCI
>>>> (not express) card and/or external USB-SATA enclosure?  The
>> enclosure
>>>> for my backup drive just died (the drive seems fine...I hope).  I
>> just
>>>> need to pop it into a new box or just slip another card into the
>> case
>>>> (mobo has only IDE, no SATA).
>> +1 for Vantec
>> I have several, all several years old, none have failed to date.
>>
>
> Another PS.  If you use a sata-usb enclosure, you can connect via usb.  No PCI card needed.
>

I know, the Bytecc was a combo USB/SATA box.  But I was pondering the 
speed boost by going for SATA and moving the drive inside the machine. 
I'm still pondering the choice though I may just go with the external 
USB for simplicity.  The reason for the PCI card is because I have no 
SATA on my system so I would have to add on.