Is B Grade stuff worth bothering with?

gam3r · 23 Apr 2006 at 15:44

Im thinking about picking up a HD from bgrade but i already got 2 Hard disks connected via IDE to my machine, My ide cable doesn't have another connector is there any sort of way around this with a y cable ide? or is that not possible?

chaparral · 23 Apr 2006 at 15:45

gam3r said:
Im thinking about picking up a HD from bgrade but i already got 2 Hard disks connected via IDE to my machine, My ide cable doesn't have another connector is there any sort of way around this with a y cable ide? or is that not possible?

You could put it in an ext USB2 or firewire case or buy an pci card with IDE or sata connections on it.

Each ide socket on your motherboard should support two harddrives or two dvd-rom drives on each...which you can mix.

t_aitch · 23 Apr 2006 at 15:51

Mate got an nforce3 Asus board from tehre for £21, perfect condition.

WJA96 · 23 Apr 2006 at 19:20

gam3r said:
Im thinking about picking up a HD from bgrade but i already got 2 Hard disks connected via IDE to my machine, My ide cable doesn't have another connector is there any sort of way around this with a y cable ide? or is that not possible?

PCI PATA card such as this one; Highpoint Rocket133 2 Channel ATA Host Adaptor (CC-015-HP) (£22) but they are available cheaper 2nd hand etc.

MoNkEyMiKeY · 25 Apr 2006 at 23:06

Ive had about 4 motherboards from the B-grade section. All but one came just like new.

thor · 26 Apr 2006 at 00:14

I only recently bought some stuff from the B-grade section during the big clearout and it all arrived today - the only disappointing thing for me was I only became aware of it on Saturday after a lot of stuff had already been sold.

Even so, I managed to order a good few items at great prices - such as an Asus A8N-SLI Premium for £30 - and all but one item arrived looking absolutely brand new. Most items didn't have the original box or accessories but the actual product looked untouched - one item, another motherboard which retails for around £80+P+P int eh cheapest of places, arrived boxed with absolutely everything sealed inside.

So to answer your question, without a shadow of a doubt the B-Grade section is worth bothering with - I will be checking it very regularly from now on.