Question How to connect SEAGATE - ST1200MM0088 to desktop ?

[malwarito]

Hi
I'm trying to find a cheap solution to be able to connect:
Hard drive : SEAGATE - ST1200MM0088
to my desktop PC : Dell Tower 5810 with motherboard 0hhv7n.

Thanks

 

[Lutfij]

You're going to need a SAS card/controller like the LSI MegaRAID® SAS 9341-8i and a SAS cable like this to pair that drive to the system.

 

[geofelt]

My reading of the specs indicates that your proposed drive is supported:
https://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent...ecision-Tower-5000-Series-5810-Spec-Sheet.pdf
There are two 3.5: bays available.
If both are now used, you need to cobble together some sort of a mount.
And possibly a sas adapter card.

A cheap solution would be to dump/sell the sas drive in favor of a conventional hdd or, better yet, a ssd.
Do not get enamored with the 10k spec, it is only marginally better than 7200 rpm.
Any 1tb ssd would be vastly faster and cost about $120.

 

[malwarito]

Thanks guys for the answers.
Simple change from current drive to SSD is non an option. In the past I had MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i (turned on in AHCI - no raid), unfortunately one day it stopped working and right know I'm searching for CHEAP solution to be able to connect this driver(s) and copy data from it.

 

[geofelt]

Why not just open up your case and attach the drive to power and data connectors which should be present.
If necessary, use the port on a temporarily unused drive.
Copy what you need and then remove it.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Why not just open up your case and attach the drive to power and data connectors which should be present.

Because SAS controller is required for this, which has failed and is not available anymore.

 

[faalin]

ebay LSI megaRAID SAS 9260-8i $20
Amazon mini sas to sff-8482 $15.99

$50 with shipping, about as cheap as your going to get.

 

[malwarito]

I bought suggested set :
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ebay LSI megaRAID SAS 9260-8i $20
Amazon mini sas to sff-8482 $15.99
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and just had a chance to test it and everything works smoothly!
Thanks guys!