quick question about a device, it ends soon on ebay so i need a qick answer please

[ste2425]

my motherboard only has a standard pci and a ide connection. But i wish to use a sata hardrive for it. (i crnt afford to buy a new hdd). So will this adapter allow me to boot up my os from my sata hdd?
cheers guys ste

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390078799633&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[95Viper]

Yep, that should work.

EDIT:
Did you see this one:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-SATA-VIA-VT6421A-PCI-Raid-Card-For-Vista-PC-Cable_W0QQitemZ170372315394QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_ComputerComponents_InterfaceCards?hash=item27aafb3902&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[oily_17]

Just note that those only support SATA I (1.5GBs), if your drive is SATA II (3.0GBs) you will need a different card, or default to SATA I speeds.

 

[ste2425]

its just says sata on the hdd so im guessing its just sata1?

 

[Zubasa]

its just says sata on the hdd so im guessing its just sata1?

I believe so.
Technically its SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s.

Anyways, there are hardly much advantage in terms of performance since HDD can't reach SATA speed sustained.

 

[Mussels]

its a VIA chipset on the card, they have shit drivers.

I've got two similar cards here in the spare parts that wont work in vista/7 x64 - they just refuse to initialise, even when they have 'supported' drivers.

 

[ste2425]

ok guys thanks for that i went for the one viper suggested it was a little cheaper. Im only using xp 32 so no problems there and performance wise i couldnt care as long as its reliable