What's SATA about? (get it?)

happyhopkins02 · 15 May 2008 at 09:52

Alright lads, hows tricks?

Just build a new system, first for ages and in the interim I've kinda lost touch with the dull world of HDD's. Last system I build was all IDE this and that and now I find it's all moved on to this SATA malarky! I've got my new Sata drive working nicely, problem I have is my mobo only has 1 IDE controller, and I have a DVD and cd writer and two IDE hard drives that I would like to carry on using. So what are my options? Obviously 4 IDE devices into one controller dont go, so can I, via some sort of adaptor, make and IDE hard drive work off one of the free SATA controllers on the mobo? or can you get a caddy that would run one of the hard drives off the eSata port on the back?

As I say Sata has kinda passed me by, how many SATA devices can you run off one Sata controller on the MOBO? And how many devices can you run off the eSata port?

Cheers for your help guys and gals.

ots3go · 15 May 2008 at 09:55

SATA, 1 Port = 1 Device

happyhopkins02 · 15 May 2008 at 10:01

ots3go, cheers boss.

Tombo · 15 May 2008 at 10:05

Might be easy just to pick up a cheap Sata DVDRW rather than messing around.

happyhopkins02 · 15 May 2008 at 12:14

Fair doos, so there are not any ide-sata adaptors then?

ots3go · 15 May 2008 at 12:21

happyhopkins02 said:
Fair doos, so there are not any ide-sata adaptors then?

I thought not, but googling for it I found a couple of interesting results.

pingwing · 15 May 2008 at 13:05

You could invest in a pci idecard..... Probably cheaper to get the sata-ide converter though (or a new set of sata drives..)

ubern00b · 15 May 2008 at 16:14

I know I'm nit picking but the thread title should really have been "whatSATAbout?"

semi-pro waster · 15 May 2008 at 17:13

I'd pick the PCI controller card as suggested by pingwing over the adapters if you have the choice, it doesn't need to be a particularly expensive card (~£10-15 should do it) but it offers more options and is probably more reliable.

matja · 15 May 2008 at 18:12

I've used Highpoint Rockethead IDE HD to SATA port convertors on a few systems and never had a problem. Recommended if you want to connect your IDE HD's to a SATA mobo easily.