My last PC was a Gateway (3 years old!) and the heat sink mount broke in the night and by morning the PC was toast. All the components are still good though. I got a Gateway SX2800-01 which would service my needs.
Keep in mind, however, I did eject the mobo, HDD, and DVD and transfered them into a real case (a Ambec). The problem I encountered was I still have another HDD or 2 I want connected but the PC only supplies 2 SATA interface connections. My last had 5 so I never had this issue.
The PC has a GTX 275 in the big PCI-E x16 slot so I onl;y have 1 slot remaining a small/short PCI-E x16 slot. Would I be needing a PCI-E to SATA raid controller?
I don't want to go out and buy one at bestbuy or something just to find those do not function as I want them to.
If the answer is yes, I have seen both raid cards that add (external and internal for some reason) SATA or SATA II ports. Does this matter? The HDD I wanna add is a WD10000CSRTL
You would need to buy a controller card. I am unaware of any the come in PCI-e, but there are beyond plenty in plain vanilla PCI,
If you are seeing cards that offer internal and external plugs, there is a difference. Internal connections are what you are going to need for those hard drives. External (E-SATA) is a high speed interface for external hard drives and the like.
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