Date 2005-02-09
Provider: Vantec
Author: GooGeL
Editor: Princess Ammie
Vantec Serial ATA PCI Host Card
Serial ATA is growing bigger and bigger today. It's going to replace the old fashion Parallel ATA which is slow and has these big clumsy cables.
The only frontline today that hasn't been developed and getting faster and faster at the same rate as graphic cards for example are hard drives.
So the Serial ATA technology is truly very welcome to speed up one of our biggest bottlenecks in our computers.
And today we are looking at a Serial ATA controller card from Vantec. It's the Vantec UGT-ST200.
About Vantec
Founded in 1994, Vantec is recognized as one of the premier thermal solutions leaders. We are devoted to manufacturing and developing total PC solutions for every computer user, from mainstream to enthusiast. Utilizing our technical expertise and innovative designs, we are constantly expanding our product line to offer advanced computer peripheral to meet the personal and industrial needs of modern computer users. Our primary goal is to create viable solutions to satisfy the consumer’s needs. Offering complete and affordable ways to upgrade and maintain your personal computer, Vantec is a name you can trust for quality and reliability.
Specifications:
Uses Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink controller chip. Chipset info.
Supports high-speed transfer rates up to 150MB/sec.
Fully compilant with Serial ATA 1.0a specifications.
Supports spread spectrum in receiver. Huh, what's that!?
Provides 32 bit, 33/66MHz PCI host interface.
Compatible with Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/NT4.0.
Features:
Easy installation.
One internal and external Serial ATA port.
Up to 3 times faster than USB 2.0.
Up to 2 times faster than Firewire 800.
Easily hot-swap SATA devices.
Supports both standard PCI and low-profile PCI installation.
The product:
 
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Here you have the box that the card comes in. It has a big picture of the card itself on it, and on the back you can read about its specifications and package content etc.
 
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The SATA card comes packed in this fancy pink bubblewrap which I liked very much. :)
Besides the card you will recieve a manual, one SATA cable, one low-profile PCI bracket and a floppy disk with drivers.
 
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Here you have pictures from the above and the below of the card.
The printed circuit board (PCB) is red.
And as I mentioned in the features, the card supports both low-profile PCI installation and standard PCI installation. So you won't have any problem to install it in a U1 server or some HTPC cases for example. Just install that included low-profile bracket on the card. Just two screws, and the job is done!
 
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I think that the internal SATA connector is well placed as you can see in the first picture.
there's nothing wrong either with the placement of the external SATA connector.
Test results and conclusion >>>>> Page 2
Thank you Vantec for making this review possible
Vantec
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