Ide & S-ata

[RiGGeR16]

Hi Guys

i have 40Gb and 120Gb 7200rpm Hard Drives and i am planning to upgrade to 64-bit, but the board i am after uses S-ATA (ASUS K8VSE), my query is can i use my IDE HDD's on the S-ATA port or will i have to buy new drives?

thanx in advance
shaun

 

[AndrewtheGreat]

it uses only SATA? you might have a problem

 

[RiGGeR16]

http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8vse-d/overview.htm#

check out the spec

it has raid and S-ATA

 

[zerozero]

fYou're fine. It has IDE channels (2 at the bottom right. IDE is still present on all MOBO for other peripherals such as DVD, CD-ROM etc....

 

[RiGGeR16]

so that means i can put me IDE HDD's onto the mobo?

 

[GameGURU]

well, i want to get this board myself and i want to make sure my IDE HD works on it...will it?

 

[bla!!]

Yes, there are 2 IDE ports on this computer for perepherials like CD and DVD drives.

It'll probably be quite a while before they phase out the IDE interface.

Buy away!!

 

[Apokalipse]

for Athlon 64's I'd personally reccomend a Gigabyte K8N Pro

 

[RiGGeR16]

ys that m8?
can i have ur pros and cons? and possibly a link? cheers

 

[didi]

I think every new mobo with SATa must have IDE along.