Tips and Articles


Shiloh Service Keeps Up with Latest
Technology
SATA Hard Drives & PCI Express

While improvements in LCD monitors are very visible to consumers, computer technology is being revolutionized “under the hood” as well. At Shiloh Service, we are constantly researching the latest technologies and are proud to offer the best computer components when quoting new systems.

SATA Hard Drives

Hard drives, which store all of your computer’s data, used to be rather limited filing cabinets. From time to time we all worried about using up too much space with saved files and emails. Today’s drives, holding up to 500 gigabytes of data (about 1/20th of the printed collection of the Library of Congress) are anything but limited.

SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) hard drives are more convenient to install, draw less power, and boast performance features that really set them apart. With data transfers up to 300 megabytes per second and rising, these drives are blazing fast. And the only way to use up the space provided would be store a hundred or more full length DVD movies, or over 200 days of around the clock MP3 music files.

Reliability too is on the rise, meaning your company’s data is more secure than ever and making systems featuring SATA drives a great investment.

PCI Express Graphics Cards

Graphics Cards process and transmit image data from your computer to your monitor. PCI Express is the new standard whose 200 megabytes/second data rates were developed to work with high speed interconnects such as 1394b, USB 2.0, InfiniBand and Gigabit Ethernet. Overall this means better performance if your business uses graphic intensive programs, such as Photoshop, computer aided design tools, video presentations and video editing, or software displaying three dimensional results. The power and capability of the new standard is only beginning to be seen, but will become more dominant in the next few years as support for PCI Express is built into the next Windows operating system, currently codenamed “Longhorn.”

Consult with Shiloh for the best in upgrades and new systems.

From monitors to motherboards, Shiloh knows the best performing and most reliable components out there. We have to, we maintain them! If you have computers that are beginning to fail or fray around the edges, don’t wait until valuable data is lost or the downtime from a crash costs you days of productivity.

CALL TODAY at 724-863-0190 for a free evaluation from Shiloh Service. Our recommendations are sure to save you money, downtime, and aggravation in the future, while your systems will be designed to meet your needs and perform well for years to come.

 

 

BACK TO ARTICLES

RETURN TO TOP