SATA to IDE Converter or new DVD R/W Drive

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hishara1999

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I recently upgraded my one PC from LGA 775 to LGA 1150 and now I am having a problem connecting my old LG Super Multi IDE DVD R/W into new motherboard.

System Specifications:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV Rev 3.0
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4590 Processor
Memory: Kingston DDR3 4GB 1333MHz Single Channel
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB

My old DVD R/W Drive works fine, but as it is extremely old, I cannot sure will if work for me in future. I purchased it in 2008.

Should I buy following IDE to SATA Converter adapter:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1PCS-IDE-to-SATA-ATA-100-133-Serial-HDD-CD-DVD-Converter-PowerSATA-Cable/221944861261?hash=item33acf1d24d:g:THkAAOSwiwVWTTwR#rwid

Or just buy a new Asus SATA 24X DVD R/W Drive?

I also have to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse combo to use because current mouse malfunctions seriously and gives me headaches.

Both Asus 24X DVD Drive and Rapoo X1800 Wireless Combo are in same price range in our country.

Should I just buy a converter adapter and keyboard mouse combo or buy a new DVD R/W too?

What is the best way to go?
 
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jr9
The convertor may work but the drive is old and may not perform all that great. There are never guarantees mixing old and new technologies. If it's IDE it really should be retired, it doesn't belong in a SATA based system. Either get a new DVD drive that is SATA based or buy an external one that plugs into USB.

I seldom build PCs with optical drives anymore.

- Steam takes care of game downloads and is superior to retail in every way. Other platform like Battlenet or Origin do the same.

- All consumable media is easier to get from services like iTunes or Netflix or countless other music services like Amazon

- Any bootable image like a Windows installer or Live CD can be booted to using the image on a USB drive unless your PC is a...
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What you said is true, but there are some things that require DVD Drives such as creating a system repair discs, purchasing PC games from retail sellers.

I also never used CD/DVD to backup my data.
 
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I kept an OLD IDE DVD drive for a while and used a converter too.
However, since then I found out that using IDE also uses the CPU a lot more than SATA. The adapter might mitigate that but in any case, I recommend you upgrade your drive to a SATA model unless the price is just too high for you.
 
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The convertor may work but the drive is old and may not perform all that great. There are never guarantees mixing old and new technologies. If it's IDE it really should be retired, it doesn't belong in a SATA based system. Either get a new DVD drive that is SATA based or buy an external one that plugs into USB.

I seldom build PCs with optical drives anymore.

- Steam takes care of game downloads and is superior to retail in every way. Other platform like Battlenet or Origin do the same.

- All consumable media is easier to get from services like iTunes or Netflix or countless other music services like Amazon

- Any bootable image like a Windows installer or Live CD can be booted to using the image on a USB drive unless your PC is a dinosaur. I have not installed Windows using a DVD for a number of years and I do at least 70 Windows installations a month as a tech.

- Programs like PowerISO can create a virtual DVD drive so you can mount images and use disk images exactly the same as if they were in your DVD drive

- Backing up onto DVDs is costs and vastly inferior to USB.
 
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