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Posted: 15 April 2005 at 9:15am | IP Logged  

At the moments ive got 120gb and 40gb IDE drives plus DVD and CDRW drives so all my IDE jobbies are used up.

so quick question

bearing in mind i plan to build a new computer some time this year if i ever save the funds, i wondered if you can get sata pci cards? so i could buy a sata drive and not have a redundant 40gb ide drive. if so is it worth it and many notes will it set me back

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it wont be redudant as you still have a ide controller on your mobo for you cd/dvd rom etc. also you can buy sata controllers (pci) although im not sure on the capabilities of these things as ive never used one.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=78569



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not really worth wasting your money tho tbh... £40 - you could get a new mobo for that with SATA onboard!

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true

but if i buy a new ide drive now then when i get a new board with sata i have one too many ide drives which is a pain?

obviously unless i have just 1 cd/dvd drive.
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or you simply keep the 40gb drive for your old machine which you then convert into a spare...

OR - you simply use an IDE to SATA convertor which you often get with new SATA boards (I got one with my DFI Lanparty)...

OR - save your money and spend it when you can afford the board and processor too...



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best place to get Sata cards is Ebay. you can pick them up for a tenner.

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