IDE Trouble

[PeterStoba]

Right guys, here's my situation;

I am upgrading my pc, well more of a new build, but using old components, anyway...

I have a case, keyboard, mouse etc... and will have an Asus P5KPL-VM motherboard, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz and OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Platinum Rev 2.0

What i need to know is, will i be able to use my old, i assume IDE HDD DVD RW and a new NEC ND-5170A-0B 18x DVDRW?

If not is there a SATA to IDE Cable i could use or another DVD RW which is sata? not amazing speeds, around 20x

[Biodoid]

I don't see why you couldn't..unless I'm missing something

[PeterStoba]

The motherboard has only 1 ide connection

[tystar]

Right guys, here's my situation;

I am upgrading my pc, well more of a new build, but using old components, anyway...

I have a case, keyboard, mouse etc... and will have an Asus P5KPL-VM motherboard, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz and OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Platinum Rev 2.0

What i need to know is, will i be able to use my old, i assume IDE HDD DVD RW and a new NEC ND-5170A-0B 18x DVDRW?

If not is there a ide to sata Cable i could use or another DVD RW which is sata? not amazing speeds, around 20x

Unfortuantly there's no ide to sata cables. however there is 2 options
buy a ide controller card which will give another 2 ide connections

or buy a sata dvdrw, http://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=AD-7170S&searchCat=807 see here for nec sata dvdrw's.

hope this helps.

[mac124]

why do you need 2 dvdrw?

[Biodoid]

oops..I thought that NEC drive was a sata :redface:

[PeterStoba]

I suppose i don't, but it'd be good to, do disc to disc copying and that.

So this means if i buy a SATA DVDRW i can use my current dvdrw and hd still, until i get more money for SATA HD

[Micky007]

why do you need 2 dvdrw?

because people like me are lazy and if they have 2 games that need the cd in the drive to play then i carnt be bothered keep having to get up off the bed and walk to the pc and change the disc.

lol how lazy am i, but erm no, i only have 1 drive anyway so guess im not really that lazy :p

[mac124]

I suppose i don't, but it'd be good to, do disc to disc copying and that.

So this means if i buy a SATA DVDRW i can use my current dvdrw and hd still, until i get more money for SATA HD

Fair enough, how often do you do disk to disk copying? Personally i would rather get a sata hard drive first and get my os sorted out, os on a sata hdd drive will be more beneficial to overall system performance than on the fly cd / dvd copying.

[Micky007]

i wouldnt by Sata HD Dvd Drives untill the new year when prices will go down.

[PeterStoba]

That's what i am doing, sticking with my ide dvdrw and hd for now,buying the sata cvd rw now then next year buying a sata hd or two.

[Micky007]

yea, hopfully price will have gone down quite a bit