tc, normally a drive is identified to the bios by it's onboard controller being connected to a known drive interface like an ide or sata interface hardwired on the mobo...normally, if an interface type doesn't exist on the mobo, a controller card can be inserted into an expansion slot like an isa, vesa, pci or pci-e slot that would act as an onboard interface and thus identify the drive to the bios as being a valid storage device...the usb, firewire and e-sata interfaces have been designed to identify storage devices and peripherals based on the onboard device controller.
what puzzled me about the drive is that i neglected to consider the onboard controller (i.e. the whole drive) plugging directly in to the pci-e slot...
the old saying a picture is worth a thousand words, i should heed more often than just when i have crayons in my hand...
also, look at the layout of the slots on that mobo you bought...if that is a pci-e x1 plug in then that drive is going to be right next to your graphics card potentially blocking airflow and heating up both the drive as well as the graphics card.
just personally, i'd go for the standard sata interface and save a few bucks...that ocz drive ripley showed the testing on looks fast enough for anything you're going to want. skuzzy had some interesting tips on how to run a ssd and standard drive to minimize some of the headaches around here somewhere...it was in a discussion on whether or not to run programs off the ssd or off the standard drive...
Yep but practical use scenario involves high random read/write counts. The Revodrive I is fast but not stellar compared to a SATA III ssd, a revo II is faster but also more expensive. Comparison example: http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/OCZ_Agility_3/4.html
pardon me for being skeptical of that test...they tested a 1st gen revo against a 3rd gen agility...and all sata iii on sata 6gb interfaces...nothing on the revo x2 drive using a pci-e interface.
