Noob hard drive question

[super-saint]

Sorry for asking such a stupid question (bit of a div with hard drives) but just about to upgrade to Gigabyte 965p Mobo but will my existing hard drives be compatible ?

Maxtor 6Y080P0 (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Maxtor 6Y160P0 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)

Cheers in advance

 

[semi-pro waster]

Yes there are compatable with the motherboard but bear in mind that the Gigabyte motherboards only have one IDE port so you can either have both hard drives connected or a hard drive and an optical drive. I'd suggest you get something like this IDE controller card to give you an additional IDE port so that you can have everything connected at once although there are none in stock at the moment unfortunately.

 

[rpstewart]

There is also the option of using an IDE->SATA adapter on one of the drives although I've never been too convinced by them.