Hi, I currently own a WD 160GB IDE Drive, and it's almost full.. so i'm planning to buy a new one, only i'm not sure what to get... I dont know much about harddrives, i've allways had IDE drives I want atleast 200GB and i game pretty hard so it needs to be good for that too.. I hear SATA is much faster then IDE, So i looked around and found this nice bargin at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701 It has 16MB cache and is SATA II... Now i have a Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe, will this be able to support SATA II? Also, this drive has a molex connector and a SATA power connector... Will it require both of them or is a molex connector enough? Oh yeah, If i get a SATA, will i still be able to run my current IDE drive at slave? Thanks in advance.

Yes you should be able to, I did that on my system but I have 3 250 two are slaves and the other one is is the main. If you board doesn't have a sata slot you need to get a sata controller but those are cheap 45 dollars for one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815150018 Jim R

"I hear SATA is much faster then IDE" Untrue. While the 16MB cache *may* be helpful, there's little of no performance difference between IDE & SATA. SATA has the *potential* for much higher data transfer rates than IDE, but in actuality, those rates are almost never realized. If your board supports it & you need a new HDD, by all means, go with SATA...just don't expect ay mircales.

That's right, a Sata drive is no faster than an IDE drive. Do yourself a favor BACKUP!

Only connect ONE power connector to the HD.