If my motherboard has 6 sata drive sockets do these have to be used solely for hard drives or can sata cd/dvd drives be used?
2006-09-30 10:33:57 · 7 answers · asked by ts950sdx01 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Also is there any real advantage of upgrading the existing ide drives other than better air flow in the case?
Thanks for the answers so far.
2006-09-30 10:45:16 · update #1
I haven't found any advantage worth buying SATA to replace IDE drives if you already have IDE drives installed. Also have never seen a real SATA cdrom device installed yet, all our PC's use IDE for the CD.
2006-09-30 11:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by hfsi@flash.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do make SATA CD/DVD drives, although they are still very few now and very expensive. As for advantages, SATA is faster, although you will not notice, my advice is don't bother upgrading your old computer to SATA, you can wait until you buy a new one.
2006-09-30 13:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sata transfers information faster then ide, so it will be better to use sata instead of ide, but i have never seen a cd/dvd drive that connects to sata
2006-09-30 11:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SATA connections can be used by any SATA item.
2006-09-30 10:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by elpasi2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any sata device can be used
2006-09-30 10:36:17 · answer #5 · answered by SANDY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol thats a dificult question however i dont think you will find the answer on Yahoo ask your self before others good luck
2006-10-02 03:51:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes any can be used
2006-09-30 10:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by gate123456789p 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋