SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? [RESOLVED]

Darrell Collins · 04-16-2007, 04:44 PM

To improve air flow in my case, I want to get rid of the ide optical drives (and their cables) My motherboard has 4 SATA 3.0Gb/s connections (which are reserved for RAID 0+1 and 4 SATA 150 connections which are not being used.

If I buy new SATA optical drives and connect them to SATA 150, will they preform properly? (no loss of data transfer speed) I seem to remember something about optical drives not being as fast as regular hard drives.

**8210GUY** · 04-16-2007, 04:56 PM

I couldn't swear to it as I don't know any number's but it should be fine, I have a Sata optical drive and can't personally say I've noticed much different in speed either way, so unless theres something technical about this I don't know about it should be fine IMO.

**linderman** · 04-16-2007, 08:11 PM

no optical drive is as fast as a hard drive

but Sata drives are just as fast if not faster than an IDE drive

however; you should keep your old IDE drive in storage where you can find it, when the day comes you need to perform a fresh install of windows you will want that IDE drive for a temporary. During a fresh install on a hard drive the OS has no drivers to make a sata controller work the optical drive; therefore you cant boot into the windows CD

other than that; you have a great plan

crazijoe · 04-17-2007, 06:41 AM

Check and make sure your optical drive is compatible with your SATA controller. Some SATA controllers will only work with HDDs.

pt121984 · 04-17-2007, 08:55 PM

Why not just purchase the better IDE cable? Belkin makes some nice round IDE cables. Not to take away from SATA drives as I have three SATA optical drives myself, but only because I built them that way. MY P3 board has IDE everything and I have the round cables on them as well as a round floppy cables. I have a bunch of ribbon cables.......in storage.

Patrick

Darrell Collins · 04-20-2007, 06:21 PM

Thanks for the replys. I had not thought about the new install problem.. Maybe I will combine both suggestions... buy 1 new SATA optical drive (I want a LightScribe burner) and keep 1 ide drive on a single ended round cable. It works for me.. Now if I can just get it to work for the computer... LOL

I have the information I need.. You can close the thread. Thanks!

**linderman** · 04-20-2007, 06:51 PM

thank-you Darrell for letting us know your queries have been adressed. That is most appreciated feddback

hope you enjoy your new burner!

04-16-2007, 04:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Darrell Collins Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 127 OS: XP Media Edition 2005 My System	SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? [RESOLVED] To improve air flow in my case, I want to get rid of the ide optical drives (and their cables) My motherboard has 4 SATA 3.0Gb/s connections (which are reserved for RAID 0+1 and 4 SATA 150 connections which are not being used. If I buy new SATA optical drives and connect them to SATA 150, will they preform properly? (no loss of data transfer speed) I seem to remember something about optical drives not being as fast as regular hard drives.

04-16-2007, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
8210GUY TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,558 OS: xp Pro	Re: SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? I couldn't swear to it as I don't know any number's but it should be fine, I have a Sata optical drive and can't personally say I've noticed much different in speed either way, so unless theres something technical about this I don't know about it should be fine IMO.

04-16-2007, 08:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? no optical drive is as fast as a hard drive but Sata drives are just as fast if not faster than an IDE drive however; you should keep your old IDE drive in storage where you can find it, when the day comes you need to perform a fresh install of windows you will want that IDE drive for a temporary. During a fresh install on a hard drive the OS has no drivers to make a sata controller work the optical drive; therefore you cant boot into the windows CD other than that; you have a great plan __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-17-2007, 06:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Re: SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? Check and make sure your optical drive is compatible with your SATA controller. Some SATA controllers will only work with HDDs. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

04-17-2007, 08:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
pt121984 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 OS: Win XP My System	Re: SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? Why not just purchase the better IDE cable? Belkin makes some nice round IDE cables. Not to take away from SATA drives as I have three SATA optical drives myself, but only because I built them that way. MY P3 board has IDE everything and I have the round cables on them as well as a round floppy cables. I have a bunch of ribbon cables.......in storage. Patrick

04-20-2007, 06:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Darrell Collins Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 127 OS: XP Media Edition 2005 My System	Re: SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? Thanks for the replys. I had not thought about the new install problem.. Maybe I will combine both suggestions... buy 1 new SATA optical drive (I want a LightScribe burner) and keep 1 ide drive on a single ended round cable. It works for me.. Now if I can just get it to work for the computer... LOL I have the information I need.. You can close the thread. Thanks!

04-20-2007, 06:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: SATA optical drives on SATA 150. OK? [RESOLVED] thank-you Darrell for letting us know your queries have been adressed. That is most appreciated feddback hope you enjoy your new burner! __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial