SATA DVD drives

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JOSHBOX

17-10-2006 13:15:41

My new computer is going to be SATA/USB only. No bulky IDE cables for me. So if you guys know of any SATA DVD drives or DVD burners other than the Lite on DVD and Plextor DVD burner please let me know. Maybe you guys know of some good deals too? Thanks!

TFOAF

17-10-2006 13:18:15

DVD Burners that have SATA.
http//www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010100005+1036506653+1038406820&Subcategory=5&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=

Tholek

17-10-2006 13:18:20

Or, you could just get some IDE to SATA adapters. ($8-$15ea)

JOSHBOX

17-10-2006 13:26:55

[quote0fad47e63e="Tholek"]Or, you could just get some IDE to SATA adapters. ($8-$15ea)[/quote0fad47e63e]

Yeah, I dunno. Im really shooting for native compatibility.

Tholek

17-10-2006 13:29:25

[quotedfa09f23f7="JOSHBOX"][quotedfa09f23f7="Tholek"]Or, you could just get some IDE to SATA adapters. ($8-$15ea)[/quotedfa09f23f7]

Yeah, I dunno. Im really shooting for native compatibility.[/quotedfa09f23f7]

If you can afford that, then go for it. I couldn't, so I went the adapter route.

Wolfeman

17-10-2006 14:13:53

Those drives are so expensive for really no boost in performance. Just get 1 round IDE cable arrow http//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812104031

hehehhehe

17-10-2006 14:18:04

[quote9d9b178b28="Wolfeman"]Those drives are so expensive for really no boost in performance. Just get 1 round IDE cable arrow http//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812104031[/quote9d9b178b28]
Good point. I use those too.

Tholek

17-10-2006 15:27:45

Yeah, but if you have a non-IDE board or run out of IDE ports, you can use the SATA ports with the adapters.

dmorris68

17-10-2006 15:38:46

I've had good luck with the SATA/PATA adapters in some of my boxes too.

However I've yet to see a mobo without at least one PATA port. I use the aforementioned round PATA cables for all my PATA devices, they're great. I got in on a good deal one time at SVC and bought a box full of all assorted sizes and colors for floppy and IDE for like 69 cents each. Still have a bunch left too.

There's just no real point using a SATA/PATA adapter or spending extra money on a SATA optical drive when your board still has a PATA controller. HDD's are only just now beginning to reap benefits of SATA, optical drives (at least as we know them now and for the foreseeable future) will never even come close to approaching SATA bandwidth. The only reason I can see would be when mobo's eventually stop supplying PATA controllers.

Tholek

17-10-2006 16:58:46

Just noticed there's a two way version now

http//contents.fifthunit.com/html/products.5th/sku.1067.html

TryinToGetPaid

17-10-2006 17:18:37

I just noticed this isn't in the Tech forum.