Plextor 760 and 716

[bryant]

getting ready to order. I know one is an IDE and the other is a Serial ATA. Will either of these work well installed in a shuttle?

[Beavis]

make sure you order the right hard drive. some motherboards with sata dont support IDE drives. you would have to get more hardware to run the IDE drive on a sata board.

[ddouglass]

Bryant both Plextor 760 and 716 are IDE. 716 does have a SATA version, but they also have an IDE. Don't know if the SATA version is compatible with MTU programs as I have never tried one.

[bryant]

I see. This motherboard says RAID support.
The plextor says IDE drive. The 760 says serial ata drive.

Will they both work?

[bryant]

Oh no, The 716sa says "Serial ATA" and the 760 says "IDE".

You're saying better not use the "ATA" one?

Please let me know?

[George]

There are two models of the Plextor 716.

The 716AL is an IDE drive and the 716SA is the ATA (SATA)

The 760A is strictly IDE

[ddouglass]

And Bryant "Raid" does not have anything to do with DVD burners. That only works for hard drives which are SATA.

[bryant]

Okay I think I've got it, The shuttle mother board supports raid. (which refers to HD connections).
Still, It might be best to order the 760 IDE drive
as the plextor of choice (yes or no).
And thanx for all your help, really!

[ddouglass]

The 760 is their latest and fastest model so IMO yes that would be the best.

[George]

The 760 is their latest and fastest model so IMO yes that would be the best.

Me too, especially since that's the one currently marketed by MTU and would come CDG certifiied if purchased through them.

That would be the deciding factor if I were making the decision

[bryant]

Here is the final judgement: Please Comment?

Main Specs

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</TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" vAlign=top width=200>Intel Core 2 Duo Processor</TD><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid" vAlign=top>Dual-Core Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz 1066FSB 2MB Cache
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" vAlign=top width=200>DDR2 Memory</TD><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid" vAlign=top>2 x Crucial 1GB PC5300 667MHz DDR2
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" vAlign=top width=200>PCI Express Video (Desktop)</TD><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid" vAlign=top>MSI nVidia 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express ( 2xDVI, HDTV Out )
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" vAlign=top width=200>5.25" Drive(s)</TD><TD style="BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid" vAlign=top>Plextor PX-760A - DVD±RW (±R DL) drive - IDE
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Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2007 OEM
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What's the big Difference with xp pro x64 edition, anyways?

PS I'll be using this with Hoster and Virtual DJ running together, I hope? Good idea or not?

[bryant]

And the Specs on the motherboard stuff;

<TABLE id=specTable><TBODY><TR><TD id=specType>FORM FACTOR </TD><TD>Shuttle Form Factor
Shuttle "P2" Chassis</TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>PROCESSOR </TD><TD>Intel® Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/ Pentium® 4 / Pentium® D / Pentium Extreme Edition processor support, 533/800/1066MHz FSB, Socket LGA775 </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>MEMORY </TD><TD>(4) 240 pin DDR2 DIMM slots, 2GB per DIMM (Max 8GB), Dual-channel DDR2 533/667 support </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>CHIPSET </TD><TD>North Bridge: Intel 975X
South Bridge: ICH7R </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>AUDIO </TD><TD>Realtek ALC882 HD audio, Analog 7.1 channel output, Digital S/PDIF in/out </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>CONTROLLERS </TD><TD>(3) SATA 3.0Gb/s
(1) External SATA 3.0Gb/s
RAID 0/1/5/10 support </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>EXPANSION </TD><TD>(2) PCI Express x8 slots </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>DRIVE BAYS </TD><TD>(1) 3.5" Bay
(2) 3.5" Bay ( internal )
(1) 5.25" Bay </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>DIMENSIONS </TD><TD>325(L) x 220(W) x 210(H) mm </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>NETWORKING </TD><TD>IEEE 802.3u 100Base-T compliant, 10/100/1000Mb/s operation </TD></TR><TR><TD id=specType>PORTS </TD><TD>(2) PCI E x 8 slots
(1) IEEE 1394 port
(1) External SATA port
(1) RJ45 Gigabit LAN port
(6) USB 2.0 ports
(1) Coaxial S/PDIF out
(1) Line in connector
(1) Front out connector
(1) Side Surround out connector
(1) Rear Surround out connector
(1) Center/Bass connector
(1) Clear CMOS button
(1) S/PDIF in/out port</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>