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Thefumigator · May 18, 2011, 04:34 AM

Oh for christ sake, 5xSATA 3.0 connectors and 1xeSATA3.0
And the miniATX has all 6 internal SATA ports. Why?
Same story with my actual motherboard, I had to buy a darn "eSata to sata" cable, plug it in the back and pass it through an empty PCI slot to the inside of my system.

I am the only one with all 6 SATA connectors in use?

Also, having USB 3.0, does eSata makes any sense?

Is it so hard to make an option in the bios like, lets say, "6th SATA port" Internal/External? (and have all the 6 SATA connectors inside + the eSATA)

System Name:	Alpha
Processor:	Phenom 9550
Motherboard:	ECS GF8200A
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	2x2GB DDR2 800 Kingston
Video Card:	Geforce 8200 IGP
Hard Disk:	3 x Samsung Spinpoint F1 (RAID 0)
Optical Drive:	LG GSA-4082B; Samsung TSSCorp SH-S182M; Lite ON ihas120
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 932NWE Plus
Case:	Generic
Sound Card:	Emu 0404 PCI
PSU:	Sharkoon SHA450-8P
Software:	Windows Vista
Benchmarks:	Phenom 9550@2.7Ghz

May 18, 2011, 04:34 AM	#12
Thefumigator Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 347 (0.19/day) Thanks: 18 Thanked 45 Times in 27 Posts	Oh for christ sake, 5xSATA 3.0 connectors and 1xeSATA3.0 And the miniATX has all 6 internal SATA ports. Why? Same story with my actual motherboard, I had to buy a darn "eSata to sata" cable, plug it in the back and pass it through an empty PCI slot to the inside of my system. I am the only one with all 6 SATA connectors in use? Also, having USB 3.0, does eSata makes any sense? Is it so hard to make an option in the bios like, lets say, "6th SATA port" Internal/External? (and have all the 6 SATA connectors inside + the eSATA)