Recent content by DanielThommen

No matter which one, I can still add them both the same way right? I take out my 750GB HDD (SATA) and connect the 2TB SSD (SATA) instead... Does it matter whether I get generation II or III as I have an old PC (I doubt I have SATA Gen III in it)... But either way, would either work?

So in that sense it doesn't matter to buy a (somewhat) bigger (more powerful, not "bigger in size" per se) PSU for a PC, as long as the connectors/cables that come out of it are the same (or use adaptors to make it work)...?

ok, sounds like a plan, I'll get back to you once I have the 2TB SSD. THANK YOU!

Yes WIN and everything is on the 2TB HDD (SATA0). Nothing is on the 750GB HDD, I literally just put it in there last week, took it out from another PC, works and all, wanted to use it as backup. It is on SATA2. The optical is on the SATA1 as originally connected there. The original HP-drive...

So I can add a new SATA card to the PCIe-x4 connector? And chose a SATA2 (or better SATA3) generation for the card so I have maximum speed for the 2.5" SATA SSD?

I have 2 HDDS: - 2TB Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 - 750GB WDC WD75000AADS RAM: -16GB RAM CD/DVD/Writer: - TSSTcorp CDDCDDW SH-233C Graphic: - Nvidia Quadro FX580 Processor: - Pentium Dual Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00 GHz

When I talked about SATA3, I talked about that I have 4 SATA ports (I assume first generation because of the age of my PC), so I have port SATA0, SATA1, SATA2 and SATA3. 4 SATA ports... Not the generation of SATAs... And because my SATA3 port does not work anymore, I have to come up with a...

Oh my... Nothing ever easy... So my only option is then to get a PCIe-x4 card to add more SATA as my existing SATA3 on the MOBO does not work anymore...

This is a very good list and I assume it comes from experience, thank you so much for it! I will keep this in mine when I buy/build a new PC with all the parts needed. When I look at the reliability, both of my HDDs (2TB and 750GB) are over 15 years old and still going strong, no issues at...

I saw those but cannot use 1600MHz, my system is only 1333MHz and then running at 1066MHz (so the manual says)...

I do not have the SFF version, I have a regular mid tower. But yeah, not the all included monitor with PC built-in, never liked those, one thing breaks and the whole thing is garbage... The SFF and the MT (I have) work the same, just that the SFF has way less space to add stuff, therefore I do...

Very good explanation, thank you for your lengthy answer! I appreciate it. My PC is 15+ years old and I need to upgrade it in a economic way, meaning I am not looking to spend a lot of money, yet it still has to work nicely. I am not a gamer, so it does not matter whether it needs a second more...

Thank you! I will have to get a SATA card I can put into one of my available PCIe-x4 slots, as my available SATA3 port does not work anymore, tried to add a 2nd CD-drive to the SATA3 port and it would not work. So I basically have to upgrade the PC with a new SATA port... And with that, would...

I agree, with my old PC I will not even reach any benchmark. And with me just doing normal stuff on the PC, far away from heavy gaming, I doubt I would see a difference. Plus for me, 1 second more or less does not make a difference at all. I just would like to have faster loading times, my 2TB...

Problem is that, although I have an open SATA port on my MOBO, I recently figured out that it will not work, I could not make a second CD-drive work using it. Therefore I added a SATA/eSATA card with a RAID controller to one of my available PCIe-x4 slots, but the card was too old and would also...