IDE/SATA confusion

Jake 2.0 · 29 Jan 2006 at 19:31

i want to know is that i am buying a new computer that have a hard drive type: IDE SATA133, and i have few that connect via IDE. the question is would i be able to connect these to my new pc?

the motherboard is this one:
NO COMPETITORS

semi-pro waster · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:31

The motherboard appears to have 2xIDE ports and 6x SATA ports so your old drives will work on your new motherboard. There is no such thing as an IDE SATA133, not least because SATA is 150mb/s theoretcially and IDE is a maximum of 133mb/s and they aren't combined. However as I said before you can still use your old drives

Jake 2.0 · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:07

cheers

i only said that because thats what appeared on the Hard drive detail. i am buying a customised pc so didnt want any large hard drive since i have plenty of IDE hard drives.

thanks

deadeyedic30 · 30 Jan 2006 at 20:28

Correct me if i am wrong but ain't that a competitors links=NO NO !!

VeNT · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:17

Such a bad idea to post links to competitors

Leporello · 31 Jan 2006 at 10:00

VeNT said:
Such a bad idea to post links to competitors

I recoil in horror at the magnitude of this offence to our genial hosts! Shock, horror, outrage. Perhaps we should make this thread sticky so that we can all add our protests.