Big hard drives in a Quicksilver

I want to put some big hard drives in my QS. What kind of card do I need?
Thanks in advance.
Skorpan

Hi-
So I assume that you don't have a QS 2002 that supports large drives?
If you're going to go with a PCI controller card, go SATA. SATA drives are much more efficient, faster, quieter, and (can be) cheaper per GB than ATA.
One SATA PCI controller card that I recommend (and use) is the Firmtek Seritek line.
I have the 1VE2+2, with two internal SATA drives, and (currently) one external SATA in housing connected by eSATA.
An important spec is that the card supports booting to connected drives. Not all makers have this compatibility. Firmtek does, and maintains support for the Mac community.

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