IDE -> SATA convertors?

Defcon5 · 1 May 2006 at 13:18

Im looking to neaten up the interior of my case, and am sick of my cdrom ide cables.

So, can you get adaptors that turn an ide interface into a sata one?

Cyanide · 1 May 2006 at 13:57

You can't change IDE into SATA, but you can use rounded IDE cables to neaten things up

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_IDE_Cables_151.html

fornowagain · 1 May 2006 at 14:06

Cyanide said:
You can't change IDE into SATA, but you can use rounded IDE cables to neaten things up

Yes you can. You can buy IDE adapters that plug in the back of the drive and let you use sata cables. Or plug in the IDE MB header and give you sata outputs. I've got one, never used it. Auction site may have them, no idea if they work on CD drives tbh. But hey.

mrochester · 1 May 2006 at 16:24

fornowagain said:
Yes you can. You can buy IDE adapters that plug in the back of the drive and let you use sata cables. Or plug in the IDE MB header and give you sata outputs. I've got one, never used it. Auction site may have them, no idea if they work on CD drives tbh. But hey.

If I recall, it's only some Silicon Image SATA controllers that support optical drives. Standard SATA ports built into the chipset don't IIRC.

squiffy · 1 May 2006 at 16:48

They're about £16 a pop, too expensive really. Just buy new hard drives with SATA as you go along

VeNT · 1 May 2006 at 17:43

they come with NF7-s V2 motherboards (in the box)
have a look on MM

Energize · 1 May 2006 at 20:01

Ide drives with sata adaptors are better than sata drives imo, you dont have to worry about the sata cables snapping the end of the drive off :rolleyes:

fornowagain · 1 May 2006 at 20:07

squiffy said:
They're about £16 a pop, too expensive really. Just buy new hard drives with SATA as you go along

The one's I was looking at are about £6

Steve-O 2006 · 1 May 2006 at 20:17

Energize said:
, you dont have to worry about the sata cables snapping the end of the drive off

how does that happen?

VeNT · 1 May 2006 at 20:32

Steve-O 2006 said:
how does that happen?

most SATA cables stick out more than IDE and have a smaller footprint on the back of the box, so the force of being knocked is more damaging

Energize · 1 May 2006 at 20:33

Steve-O 2006 said:
how does that happen?

If the cable pulls on the end of the drive when your fitting it in it can snap taking the hdd connector with it.