Using IDE drive on Sata Mobo W/ converter?

[svance]

The mobo i purchased (Asus M2N-sli Deluxe) only has one ide slot, for the two cd drives id like to connect up.......SOOO, instead of wasting the money on a sata hard drive because i cannot return my IDE hd, can i use a converter, such as a IDE/SATA to usb converter for my hd and run it off of the usb? if so, any plus/minuses with this setup?......Thanks
Sean

 

[Burgerbob]

You could, but i reccomend just getting a SATAII drive. Much easier, faster, etc.

 

[svance]

well the problem is i lost the case to return it to tiger direct, and im a cheap sob, so now granted it wont be as fast as a Sata drive, but would the ide drive connected thru a usb comparable to an ide drive hooked up in a pri ide drive?

 

[Cromewell]

You lose a lot of performance going to USB. You could get an IDE/SATA converter (not to USB).

 

[svance]

do you think that this converter would work well?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812206002

 

[leetkyle]

can't you just get an ide splitter that splits 1 ide into 2? they come standard with most motherboards...

 

[Impr3ssiv3]

u could but you can still only put 2 drives on each IDE cable

 

[martyvice]

I have the same problem, is there no other way other than to buy a new hard drive?

 

[Cromewell]

That converter will probably work, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822998001 this one is smaller though.

 

[Impr3ssiv3]

correction*


you can only have 2 IDE drives per input(2 channels, 1 per channel)

 

[mcyi9ky2]

The mobo i purchased (Asus M2N-sli Deluxe) only has one ide slot, for the two cd drives id like to connect up.......SOOO, instead of wasting the money on a sata hard drive because i cannot return my IDE hd, can i use a converter, such as a IDE/SATA to usb converter for my hd and run it off of the usb? if so, any plus/minuses with this setup?......Thanks
Sean

well...if you have one dvd rom and one dvd-rw (for example)....would it be easier for you to just connect the "hdd" and "dvd-rw" to the mobo.....the comp still do the same job with one rom (i.e. read and burn cd/dvd)