IDE controller cards?

[Roguetech]

I have 4 HDDs, and currently have 1 CDRW and 1 CDROM, but intend to get a new CDRW and a DVD, and keep my CDROM. This'll give me 7 drives, a tad more than the on-board controller will handle :disgust: What's a good one (and why)?

 

[Wuming]

get a promise ide controller card? either ata 66 or ata 100 depending on your drives. remember to get the ata66 cables to go with the cards.

if not you may like to consider a raid controller card

 

[nortexoid]

depends if u want RAID or not...either way, promise makes one of the better IDE controller cards.
i.e. fastrak 100

why: - performance, (driver) support, compatibility/stability...

Athlon classic 700@784
128 PC100@112 Cas2
Asus K7M
MX300
Asus V6600 GeforceSDR @ 160core/210mem
20gb 7200rpm hdd - 8gb 5400 ata33
5X Creative DVD

 

[Roguetech]

I have the ARCODuplidisk which is RAID 1 and on top of any controller card. Though it'd be nice to have the option of RAID 0, or 5 or some of the higher ones, I'm not chomping at the bit for these...

 

[Roguetech]

The Promise ATA's only support 4 drives, from what I'm reading... Am I looking at the wrong thing? I need something that can handle 8 drives.

 

[Wuming]

you will have your motherboard and the promise card. each can handle 4 drives to give a total of 8

 

[Roguetech]

Thanks many.