IDE and Sata ports on their side

PhilGQ · 25 Jun 2008 at 17:37

Why are some motherboard manufactures placing Sata and IDE ports on their side. It doesn't seem particularly prudent to me, but there must be a reason right!

Example:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...0FX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Cob · 25 Jun 2008 at 17:49

Aesthetics.

A board looks better with the cables coming out the side than with them sticking straight out and bent towards the drives.

Meronem · 25 Jun 2008 at 17:55

I do find the right angled ports a PITA when plugging stuff into though !

Phil2008 · 26 Jun 2008 at 22:12

Heres a pic of my ip35 pro.. I have 3 stata leads connected (2 hdd, 1 dvd), and disconnecting either off the 2 hdds from the board would be a nightmere todo, cos there side by side, but it does look much neater.

helmutcheese · 26 Jun 2008 at 22:36

Saves space which is hard to get on modern mobo's.

BUFF · 26 Jun 2008 at 23:30

PhilGQ said:
Why are some motherboard manufactures placing Sata and IDE ports on their side. It doesn't seem particularly prudent to me, but there must be a reason right!

you will find criticisms of some mobos where large gfx cards overlap some SATA ports rendering them useless or at minimum very hard to access.
Placing the ports on the edge of the board & at 90 degrees resolves this (however, if you have a small case this may mean that they are hard up against the drive cage which can be a pain).