peergynt_lwb

Hi,

I need to attach a new SATA hard drive to use as the boot device. The board has normal IDE (ATA133) connectors and a PCI 2.2 channel. No native SATA connectors. So, which solution would offer better performance...

1). a SATA adapter plugged into the PCI channel?

or

2). a SATA to IDE converter, which attaches the SATA HD to the IDE ribbon?


OK, here's some confusing stuff which most manufacturers and spec writers don't even seem to be clear about. Skip reading this if you, yourself, want to avoid becoming confused! I know that:

--A pure SATA1 connection can deliver 1.5 GB/s (I assume this is bits, not bytes).
--My PCI 2.2 is capable of 533 MB/s (I assume this is bytes, not bits).
--The IDE controller can do 133 MB/s (bytes?).
--Finally, the SATA adapter's specs read 150 MB/s (bits?).

AAARRRGG! Please, tell me what it all means!!!! But more importantly, which solution should I use?

Thanks for reading!