Hi all,
I'm planning to get a new system soon, and I want to get the Striker Extreme 680i board, however, I've noticed that the new crop of MB only have one IDE port for one Master/Slave combination. I'd like to get two optical drives, probably 2 burners since they're below $40 each nowadays.
I remember in the old days, one was advised to put each optical drive as master on their own IDE channel for max thoroughput with DMA enabled. Is this still true today, or can I just put both on the same MB IDE port with Master/Slave combination?
I don't see a lot of SATA optical drives out there - plus using up a potential SATA slot for a Optical Drive seems like a waste. Are SATA to EIDE adapters worth anything?
There are two older EIDE HDDs I'd like to use, so I was thinking of getting a PCI EIDE adapter with dual IDE channels, so I could put the HDDs onto the single port on the MB, and put the two Optical Drives on the PCI adapter each as Master on their own channel (Is this necessary?) Will I encounter boot problems, since I won't have a 3.5 drive in my new system, the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM will be my boot up on a PCI adapter instead of the MB.
Thanks,
Wm
I'm planning to get a new system soon, and I want to get the Striker Extreme 680i board, however, I've noticed that the new crop of MB only have one IDE port for one Master/Slave combination. I'd like to get two optical drives, probably 2 burners since they're below $40 each nowadays.
I remember in the old days, one was advised to put each optical drive as master on their own IDE channel for max thoroughput with DMA enabled. Is this still true today, or can I just put both on the same MB IDE port with Master/Slave combination?
I don't see a lot of SATA optical drives out there - plus using up a potential SATA slot for a Optical Drive seems like a waste. Are SATA to EIDE adapters worth anything?
There are two older EIDE HDDs I'd like to use, so I was thinking of getting a PCI EIDE adapter with dual IDE channels, so I could put the HDDs onto the single port on the MB, and put the two Optical Drives on the PCI adapter each as Master on their own channel (Is this necessary?) Will I encounter boot problems, since I won't have a 3.5 drive in my new system, the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM will be my boot up on a PCI adapter instead of the MB.
Thanks,
Wm