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Thread ID: 48890	2004-09-04 01:34:00	ide expansion cards	dirtbag (6060)	Press F1

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269089	2004-09-05 02:51:00	Running Windows XP Pro SP1 dont have the card or anything yet, thought I would ask around before hand	dirtbag (6060)
269090	2004-09-05 15:57:00	> Running Windows XP Pro SP1 > dont have the card or anything yet, thought I would > ask around before hand As I understand, you are going to buy, a pci ide expansion card. Why not buy something like a Promise T4700 (check) raid 0+1. which has 4 ide channels, you can stripe, mirror the stripe, and boot from the stripe. This card will support drives (single partitions) in excess of 200gb, is hot swappable, retails for less than $47-00 U.S. Linux Drivers are available for this card. It would enable you to have 1 optical as master on each ide, lower the ide load, and remove any risk of optical/boot drive conflict, O/s and optical would no longer share the same controller (= Transfer rate increase). Fit it all with 80 wire cable, it will fly. Or you could still boot from ide. and have more storage, Seemingly your objective. This maybe where some of my problems come from! You do not have any TV/video capture, Also a possible source of some of my issues. If you buy that particular card and it turns to custard. I am one of several who would buy it from you at cost. As long as you look after it!	drb1 (4492)
269091	2004-09-05 22:09:00	o i just love it when people post prices :p you would be very lucky to get a promise card under $200nz, raid or ide. promise make the best :-) but are not cheap. in contrast you could proberly get a no name 2 channel ide card for around $50-70.	tweak'e (174)
269092	2004-09-06 00:02:00	i stuck an IDE expansion card in my compaq deskpro, it then beeped at me about 50 times and said it had reconfigured the IDE settings, and i could only use the card, not the onboard IDE untill i took the card out.	agent_24 (4330)
269093	2004-09-06 07:58:00	> o i just love it when people post prices :p > > you would be very lucky to get a promise card under > $200nz, raid or ide. > promise make the best :-) but are not cheap. > > in contrast you could proberly get a no name 2 > channel ide card for around $50-70. Are the retailers in your area still working on over 100% plus. $ NZ (Rough) $75 +$10 freight +30% +GST = $125 + 10 to 20 more for local freighters weres the other fifty odd? how many middel men? The middel men make the $500-00 jap scrapper cost kiwi boy $15000-00 +. are they still banging copm parts that hard?	drb1 (4492)
269094	2004-09-06 08:02:00	I forgot thats $47-00 US RETAIL.	drb1 (4492)
269095	2004-09-06 09:33:00	> I forgot thats $47-00 US RETAIL. dunno where you got that price from as a quick and dirty search showed that card for sale at ~$147 us dollars. 3 different places all withen $20 of that price. also you forgot importers margin, wholesalers margin, import tax's and insurance. its not a good idea to post overseas prices simply due to the many different factors involved. also anyone importing small amounts will almost always get it in cheaper simply due to import tax's, however getting a warranty on the item will not be easy ;-)	tweak'e (174)
269096	2004-09-06 10:07:00	So you are paying an importer (like me), and a secondary wholesaler, and adding your margin . If it is brought at o/s Wholesale it should still be under 200 . I picked that card because of its price I am looking at the promotin mat and it says $47-00 U . S . maybe that is wholesale . (I got my mobile racks from these people they only cost me $85-00 @ Delivered . They were $150-00 Retail local at the time . vipower vp-4015kp3f now superseeded by ata133 unit) . They are off duty, I did add C . I . F, And P . S . C, ($250-00 Per 20ft iso box, at expensive ports of Auckland) and an allowance for labour for the Entry . Maybe ther is money in P . C gear for other than the big boys after all .	drb1 (4492)
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