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Name: velivolus Date: January 11, 2009 at 13:43:09 Pacific OS: Vista 64 CPU/Ram: Q6600, 4GB Product: Gigabyte / P45 Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
My new system is geared for SATA. Two IDEs are being used by my opticals. But I have two internal IDE HDDS left over from my old system. Any advice on to the best way to incorporate them into my new set-up? Thanks.
Name: velivolus Date: January 11, 2009 at 17:28:31 Pacific
Reply:
Jam,
Thanks for the advice and link. Will using the IDE drives within my new system wiht the controller card slow me down at all? Or is it nothing I would really notice compared to the currently installed SATA?
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Response Number 3
Name: Dark666 Date: January 12, 2009 at 07:43:32 Pacific
Reply:
Hi.
If you go with jam advice the drives won't slow down the system because they are running from a independent controller such as the IDE Card.
You will only notice that the IDE drivers are slower when copying from the SATA to IDE. But its a very small diference.
If you want to use the IDE drives go with jjam's advice I would.
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