I want to add an internal SATA drive to an older computer. Limited to PCI slots.

Would like it to be capable of a theoretical 3.0 Gbps, but unsure if it's limited by the PCI archtecture.

All the good cards are PCI-E.

My question is: Is there a PCI card that is rated for SATA II speeds instead of SATA I, like I've been seeing?

Is this my only choice?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815102102

7/20/2009 2:27:41 AM

You are facing a problem of bandwidth. I dont remember the speeds off top of my head, but SATA II I think has a higher bandwidth than PCI. Only PCIE can support SATAII.

7/20/2009 5:48:17 AM

pci bus is 100mb/s max I believe

7/20/2009 8:15:30 AM

133MB/s actually

and

Quote :

"In PCIe 1.x , each lane carries 250 MB/s. PCIe 2.0, released in late 2007, adds a Gen2-signalling mode, doubling the rate to 500 MB/s. PCIe 3.0, currently in development (for release around 2010), will add a Gen3-signalling mode, at 1 GB/s."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

7/20/2009 9:00:33 AM

Quote :

"You are facing a problem of bandwidth."

7/21/2009 10:11:37 AM

Looks like it'll be time for a computer upgrade sooner or later.

7/21/2009 4:16:59 PM