Any difference between SATA and IDE?

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For a DVD-RW?

The mobo I intend to buy supports both, does it really make any difference at all which I chose for my new DVD-RW?

Cheers,

G
 
Not really. :). Personally I'd go for IDE since it leaves your SATA ports free for hard drives that will actually make use of it :)
 
I prefer to use an IDE free system, which eliminates any master/slave/jumper settings (albeit not hard nowadays), and gets rid of those god-awful ribbon cables in favour of my nice yellow ones. :p
 
As above, would go the SATA router. IDE cables are messy and in your face. I still have an IDE DVD drive because my board only holds 4 SATA ports and they are all full. :(
 
If I bought a sata one would it be likely to come with a cable? Just I've only got spare ide one.

They are nice silver rounded ones though :)q
 
PhillyDee said:
No, Only Mobo's come with SATA cables. Check your box.
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I haven't got the mobo yet, but I'm thinking of getting this one:

Asus P5K SE, iP35, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800MHz, SATA II, ATX

Unless of course the 20-30 quid I've got left of my budget would be better spend on a better mobo.

Cheers,

G
 
not much difference performance wish. though i would go with sata to avoid any problems. i have a nice rounded ide cable which looks great in my system and for my two drives.

if you can, sata drives and hdds would be better overall.
 
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