It is about $100.00 cheaper to purchase this one that only has 1 ide channel. I was wanting to know if the extra money would be needed to buy one with 2 ide channels.
2007-09-28 06:42:43 · 7 answers · asked by Saeticks 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
First, are you working with SATA connectors for your hard drives or will it only be IDE? If you have SATA connectors, then it shouldn't matter if you only have one IDE as long as you only have two IDE devices (IDE cable supports two devices).
If your system does not have SATA, then buying the board with the second IDE should offer a slight improvement over a single IDE but only in certain situations. If your games require a lot of CD/DVD loading, having the hard disk and CD/DVD on separate IDE ribbons can offer some performance benefits. You could also use multiple hard disks so that your paging file would be on the IDE connection that doesn't contain your OS drive. We're talking fairly minimal performance benefits for the typical user though.
2007-09-28 06:48:34 · answer #1 · answered by Jim Maryland 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of boards only have one IDE channel even the $200 plus gaming boards. Two aren't really needed with SATA hard drives out. If a board is $100 more it has more than just an additional IDE channel.
2007-09-28 07:47:02 · answer #2 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IDE is strictly legacy at this point, hard drives and DVD drives are both available in SATA now, so the only need for IDE at all would be for old equipment you are planning to reuse. Each IDE channel can support 2 devices, so 1 channel should be plenty.
2007-09-28 06:48:41 · answer #3 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many drives will you have? Each IDE/ATA channel can only deal with one request, to one device, at a time. You cannot even begin a second request, even to a different drive, until the first request is completed. This means that if you put two devices on the same channel, they must share it. In practical terms, this means that any time one device is in use, the other must remain silent. In contrast, two disks on two different IDE/ATA channels can process requests simultaneously on most motherboards. The bottom line is that the best way to configure multiple devices is to make each of them a single drive on its own channel, if this is possible.
2007-09-28 06:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by VirtualElvis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to get a motherboard that has two IDE channels. A 'gaming PC' is actually a 'power eater' and you need to be able to 'upgrade' frequently ... the two IDE channels will make that much simpler, and you won't have to 'bite the bullet' to get a two IDE channel motherboard later, if you buy one now.
2007-09-28 06:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
cuando mi ordenador ha tenido un accidente no sabía si valía la pena cambiarle el hard disk o comprar otro nuevo, he tenido mucha suerte con amazon, he encontrado el producto perfecto, un transporte rápido y mi portátil funciona otra vez y mejor que antes porque el hard disk tiene una mejor velocidad de respuesta.
2014-12-14 01:49:37 · answer #6 · answered by WEIDA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For gaming you'll need a good graphic card and enough memory
2007-09-28 06:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by colenikol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋