Options for old IDE desktop?

[hirobo2]

What are the options to maintain an old desktop with IDE HDD other than to buy a replacement IDE HDD off of eBay?

I've read the reviews on Amazon about the (cheap) IDE-SATA adapters and my concerns are: 1. People are complaining it's slow (as in 10X slower than the native IDE interface) and 2. It has caused their SATA HDD to short circuit and fry. So I definitely want to avoid this option...

(Btw, this is the adapter I want to avoid: http://www.amazon.com/HDE-SATA-Driv...d=1432961392&sr=1-3&keywords=ide+sata+adapter)

 

[beers]

There are still new IDE drives you can buy.

Alternatively you can get something like a SATA add-on card that goes into a PCI slot but you'll be limited to the PCI bus of ~133 MB/sec

 

[Geoff]

There are still new IDE drives you can buy.

Alternatively you can get something like a SATA add-on card that goes into a PCI slot but you'll be limited to the PCI bus of ~133 MB/sec

Seeing as how the latest iteration of ATA also maxes out at 133MB/s, that won't be a problem.

I agree though, I'd look at a PCI to SATA add-in card, or just buy a new IDE hard drive as you can find them new still, but expensive.

 

[hirobo2]

So, will something like this work?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/4-Port-SATA-...ltDomain_2&hash=item33a2d7c3bc#ht_3844wt_1111

Btw, I'm very curious. How am I supposed to connect the thin red cable to a laptop SATA hard drive? I've always thought the SATA connectors (on the hard drive) were wider with more pins...

Also, since this thing needs drivers, does it mean I can't use the HDD attached to it to boot from since it won't be recognized by the BIOS on boot?

 

[beers]

SATA is the same between laptops and hard drives. Therefore you can use the same power/data cables and the device should function.

Seeing as how the latest iteration of ATA also maxes out at 133MB/s, that won't be a problem.

Eh? Newer SATA drives can hit/exceed the bus limit. Plus you'll be subjected to a half duplex bus via PCI so would lose some other performance.

 

[Geoff]

sata is the same between laptops and hard drives. Therefore you can use the same power/data cables and the device should function.



Eh? Newer sata drives can hit/exceed the bus limit. Plus you'll be subjected to a half duplex bus via pci so would lose some other performance.

PATA

I was referring to there being no real speed difference between using an IDE drive or SATA PCI add-on card.

 

[Agent Smith]

I just want to throw a wrench into the gears and say IDE describes both PATA and SATA. IDE is known to be loosely associated to PATA.

You may now continue your daily post's about PATA HDD's.