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Sata cd/dvd roms....
divemaster127:
I was wondering if this is the thing of the future. Would this be something worth putting into a new system build I saw one today for the first time. I have never used & was just curious what are the advantages of having, speed etc... a sata cd/dvd rom vs a ide...im guessing speed. Just looking for some opinions
thanks
dm
MrMojoZ:
No speed diffrence, you are still limited by the mechanical nature of the drive. The benefits are the cable size and length options and that most modern motherboards only have one IDE connection on them.
divemaster127:
ok, thanks
dm
FrizzleFried:
They are phasing out IDE connections on motherboards. Eventually you won't be able to get a motherboard with an IDE port.
MrMojoZ:
Considering our average customer could never even hope to figure out how to properly hook an IDE drive (yeah I'm not kidding :banghead:), SATA only isn't that bad an idea.