lini
Thought the last line in Citizen Kane was nosebud.
Just a quick thumb up for a nice little accessory, the DeLock 61329 usb 2.0/pata converter box - available over here for ~ 20 Euro e.g. at Reichelt.de (http://www.reichelt.de/index.html?SI...=3;GRUPPE=EA4):
Works & is nice for the price!
Well, ok, to elaborate this a bit further, I use a pc with ht capabilities (wouldn't call it a real htpc - for that purpose alone it's a bit too loud; it's more a universal multimedia/gaming pc - a Medion MD8008 (aka the Aldi-PC of Spring 2003), though already upped here and there...) mostly as tv & vcr replacement. And I record a lot of movies (without commercials - thanks to our öffentlich-rechtliche Sendeanstalten over here...) - mostly older stuff, 'cause I like movies that actually contain dialogues & a story.
Thus, soon enough, I had to notice that recording (especially from analogue cable tv) in good quality eats up hard drive space like mad. And I also had to find out that half-decent external hd cases don't come all that cheap and would add up quickly over time. So, with no decent (silent & fast), priceworthy nas box that would allow quick hd changes in sight either, I was pondering alternatives. Considering the fact that the Samsung drives I usually buy don't really run hot, produce little vibration and even sport four tiny rubber feet, I finally thought: "Why not run 'em nude?" - i.e. directly placed on top of the mini tower case. But not every usb-to-ide bridge chip works properly, and the converter boxes I had seen so far had all been no-names from dubious sources with no further info on the ingredients - until I finally saw the DeLock 61329: No further info on the bridge chip here either, but at least it would come from a widely distributed accessory brand and be a complete package (converter box with attached cables, wallwart, 2.5" adaptor, mini cd-rom...) - so, for less than 20 Euro, I thought it was worth a try.
Long story short: So far the 61329 works nicely with an SP2514N, real-world file copy under XP from my two 160 GB internal drives (stock Seagate Barracuda Barracuda 7200.7 & additional Samsung SV1604N) onto the SP2514N yields ~ 20 MB/s - which seems fairly good, considering that the mobo uses an older SiS chipset. And the bridge chip turned out to be a Myson Century CS8818, btw. If I should be really picky, I'd wish for the wallwart to run a bit cooler, a two colour activity led (so one could discern reads & writes) and a second grounding screw for hds (the included one has the smaller thread for floppy and optical drives...). However, for the price one can't complain, I'd say...
Greetings from Hannover!
Manfred / lini
Works & is nice for the price!
Well, ok, to elaborate this a bit further, I use a pc with ht capabilities (wouldn't call it a real htpc - for that purpose alone it's a bit too loud; it's more a universal multimedia/gaming pc - a Medion MD8008 (aka the Aldi-PC of Spring 2003), though already upped here and there...) mostly as tv & vcr replacement. And I record a lot of movies (without commercials - thanks to our öffentlich-rechtliche Sendeanstalten over here...) - mostly older stuff, 'cause I like movies that actually contain dialogues & a story.
Long story short: So far the 61329 works nicely with an SP2514N, real-world file copy under XP from my two 160 GB internal drives (stock Seagate Barracuda Barracuda 7200.7 & additional Samsung SV1604N) onto the SP2514N yields ~ 20 MB/s - which seems fairly good, considering that the mobo uses an older SiS chipset. And the bridge chip turned out to be a Myson Century CS8818, btw. If I should be really picky, I'd wish for the wallwart to run a bit cooler, a two colour activity led (so one could discern reads & writes) and a second grounding screw for hds (the included one has the smaller thread for floppy and optical drives...). However, for the price one can't complain, I'd say...
Greetings from Hannover!
Manfred / lini
