I did a search and read through a lot of posts but it seems like everyone has a different situation. I did learn alot though I haven't built a PC since the Cyrix days !!
I'm buying components for a new build (Conroe, of course) and while thinking through the installation, i have a question about connecting a previous hard drive. In my current Dell PC, i added a secondary drive 160Gb Western Digital EIDE that holds all of my iTunes. It's less than a year old and that's all i use it for.
I bought a new hard drive Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB SATA that i want to be my main/primary/boot drive.
Are there too many compatability issues with SATA/EIDE to make it worthwhile? Or should i just buy another SATA hard drive and transfer all of my data over so i would have 2 SATA drives?
I also saw an EIDE to SATA converter cable? Is that a better option?
Thanks,
Time2Ride
I'm buying components for a new build (Conroe, of course) and while thinking through the installation, i have a question about connecting a previous hard drive. In my current Dell PC, i added a secondary drive 160Gb Western Digital EIDE that holds all of my iTunes. It's less than a year old and that's all i use it for.
I bought a new hard drive Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB SATA that i want to be my main/primary/boot drive.
Are there too many compatability issues with SATA/EIDE to make it worthwhile? Or should i just buy another SATA hard drive and transfer all of my data over so i would have 2 SATA drives?
I also saw an EIDE to SATA converter cable? Is that a better option?
Thanks,
Time2Ride