USB or Regular IDE

[SpikedCola]

I posted earlier about building a cd cloning computer, but I was worried about bottlenecking at the IDE controller. Would it be better to use an IDE->USB adapter on each burner, or stick to two burners per channel, or maybe even just one and an add-in IDE controller or two.

 

[Nitestick]

well it would operate fine with two per channel but would be a bit slower. perhaps you could use IDE>SATA converters?

 

[SpikedCola]

Its going in an old computer (probably a K6/2+ or a PII 500ish) so I doubt SATA or IDE would matter. Just between using an addin USB card and converters or running from the IDE controller

 

[Nitestick]

well belay the SATA idea, wouldn't have suggested it if you mentioned the rest of the hardware

i think you may as well go with IDE to start with as it won't cost you any extra because you can just purchase the adapters later. not sure how well a system like that will cope with multiple simultaneous burns though :/

 

[SpikedCola]

Eh, we'll see. I might end up using my computer now for it, since Im planning on upgrading in the fall, but we'll see.