[Matthew Attoe]

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a good esata pci card for my dual 2.5Ghz G5 (preferably one that I can source in the UK) so that I can hook up one of these to my G5.

http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_inf...36ae83ec7dccaf

Also, it says it is for sata II hard drives. What's the easiest (visual) way to tell if my hard drives are sata or sata II?

Many thanks,

Matthew

[dimmer]

LaCie (used to make?) the LaCie eSATA PCI Card (I say used to make as I can't find it on their online store.) Probably not the cheapest option, but the maker has a solid reputation.

[Big Mac]

There are a number of eSATA PCI cards that are OS X compatible. Some are name brand (and therefore much more expensive) while others are generic but are based on the same chipset and use the same driver as the name brand cards. One of the most popular PCI eSATA chipsets goes by device ID 3124. I got a generic card that listed that device ID, so I searched around until I found the name brand vendor, Silicon Image, and the product page for the name brand card. Then it was easy enough to find the driver that would drive my generic card.

As for SATA versus SATA II, don't worry about that largely meaningless distinction - all SATA drives are generally backward and forward compatible.