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Cheapest with eSATA?

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Slickone

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What's the cheapest, yet reliable, PC I could build that has native eSATA?
It doesn't even have to be dual core.
I'd rather stay away from ECS and PC Chips unless the price difference is large enough.
 
MSI Neo2-FR has eSata and is pretty cheap for the quality. That's for current gen, no doubt you could get something older for much cheaper but if I take your criteria too literally then just go to your e-tailer of choice, put "esata" in the search box and order the list by price.

You can buy PCI and floppy bay ports that have eSata on one end and an internal SATA connector on the other.
 
Yeah, seriously the cheapest would be just to buy a bay device or PCI bracket with an eSATA port. If you simply must have it onboard for some reason, then the various Foxconn boards (P965, G965, P35A, 975X), along with the XFX 630i and Abit AB9 P965 seem to be the cheapest non open-box boards at NewEgg that have integrated eSATA. Those should all be around $60-$70.

But you'll still have to fork over more money because Foxconn is too cheap to actually include the necessary cables :roll:. So again, I would just take your pick of whatever cheap board you want, and get a separate eSATA device for it.

Sorted by lowest price:
Intel boards with eSATA
AMD boards with eSATA
 
eSATA is just a different plug for the same old SATA tech.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...ion=esata+sata&x=0&y=0

As you can see, you can plug an eSATA port to a SATA port on the motherboard and it doesn't even need power or any sort of coversion hardware. It is like converting from USB to USB mini, its a plug shape, nothing more.

To get one built in, you don't need a "PC", just a motherboard of ANY kind that has eSATA. AmberClad gave good links for that. choose if you want intel or amd and get one.
 
I'm with AmberClad.

A PCI or PCIE eSATA card saves a lotta headaches and I've seen them for $5.00 AR.

Buy whatever board you want and insert the card.

Good Luck!
 
Anybody that's tried to use eSata on more than one system knows that it's not foolproof to just plug a bracket into an onboard sata port. This may or may not work. I've found intel chipsets to be problematic with this.

A true eSata port makes it guaranteed, so the OP isn't crazy.
 
Yes, as Blinky says, and from everything I've read in the past, adding your own eSATA port isn't true eSATA, and can have issues. eSATA has features that SATA doesn't. So supposedly what taltamir is saying is false.

Thus why I mentioned I wanted a mobo with native eSATA (in the chipset). Whether it has a port on the back isn't the important thing.

This shows some differences. Also doesn't eSATA better support hot swapping (besides connector durability)?

 
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