Hi

I am thinking of bying the newest Maxtor 250 with 16 buffer


http://www.plaisio.gr/IWCatProductPage.p...&sts_cid=3


Because these is my first time installing a SATA hard disk
My question is what is these about a adaptor for powering the SATA
is these thing needed for these Maxtor hard disk

Can i use my normal molex connector( i have a HEC 525 Watt PSU) for power just like with a IDE hard disk

as you e.g. can see here

those HDDs need SATA power connection so you do need an adapter

and maxtor isn´t the first choice of HD´s
better go for seagate, they are much better and very silent!
and for what do u need 16MB cache?

Well Dark Biene according what i read from the Review of http://www.PCgamer.com that Mertsch gave me from above link for the Maxtor 16 buffer

Now as about the SATA power is these the cable i need (my PSU does not have)

http://www.dabs.com/uk/productView.html?...familyid=0

I think my Asus P4p800 Deluxe mobo had one like these included with 2 SATA connectors

yes thats the right one but you can get a 1 molex to 2 sata for the same price

btw I would also recommend seagate since I got much positive experiences but the diamond max seems to be a solid thing

maybe thats right, Maxtor are the best at this moment
but what´s the best speed if that HD sounds like a hurricane?
ok, i never used a Maxtor, and i don´t like them

but with seagate u´ll get a very very good HD that´s really silent and fast at once
and if u can use them with Raid0, u´ll get a very good performence with low noise
what u want more?

16mb cache....for what are u using ur PC?
for digital Video works? as a large fileserver?
for a normal pc use?- than i could buy an alienware pc only to play counterstrike with 1000 frames..... nice :-)

yo, Dark Biene is right, stay away from Maxtors. hurricane deluxe.
I'm geared more toward Hitachi atm. Apparently their new drives are pretty good [400GB].