AM2 & 2 IDE Ports

[Sepiaspiral]

I'm looking to upgrade my system from an old Giga 7VT600 system to a new AM2 rig with more punch. Problem is, funds are limited and I can't afford to upgrade my 2 IDE hard drives. These, combined with my CD drives, demand 2 IDE ports and I was wondering if anyone knew of an ATX AM2 DDR 2 Mobo that has 2 such ports. If I can accomodate my old IDE drives without buying an IDE card, it would help - I can always upgrade to SATA bit by bit later. Any suggestions?

 

[altazi]

I went to newegg and did a power search for AMD motherboards:

Home > Computer Hardware > Motherboards > AMD Motherboards > PATA[2 x ATA100 4 Dev. Max ],CPU Socket Type[AM2 ],CPU Socket Type[AM2+/AM2 ], returned 25 results.

I'd bite the bullet and buy one of the AM2+ mobos, myself. They are looking pretty good. IDE/PATA = past, SATA = future. Can't you get by with just one HDD for a while?

Regards,

Altazi

 

[pug_s]

I had the same issue when I brought a p965 motherboard. I ended up buying a 2 port ata card from ebay for less than $10.

 

[akhilles]

Most NFORCE 4 AM2 boards sport 2 IDE connectors. But they're old, & probably don't have support for Phenom.

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/t-series/content.php?S_ID=162

 

[Joe_The_Dragon]

ide to sata converter will also work as well as a pci ide card.

 

[djbrad007]

Hi,

instead of buying and pci ide card, buy a sata dvd-recorder for less than 30$, stop using those cd/dvd ide devices.

Brad

 

[TurdBurglar]

Second the SATA DVD burner

 

[akhilles]

He can't afford any new optical or hard disk drives.

 

[torcida_kutina]

the cheapest solution comes from Asrock. ALiveSATA2-GLAN.

 

[Sepiaspiral]

Thanks for the pointers....