Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Asus > Using IDE optical drive and SATA HDD?

Using IDE optical drive and SATA HDD?

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Asus - Using IDE optical drive and SATA HDD?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!

Ask the community Add a reply

Bottom Search this thread

I just bought this mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131365 and was wondering if I should be ok using an IDE optical and a SATA HDD with it? I have heard IDEs are better for optical but I really know nothing about this stuff (building my first rig) and read it's not good to mix IDE and SATA devices. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Add a reply

I use IDE Optical and SATA HD's on several of my systems. It's no problem. You should be able to buy an Optical drive supporting the read/write speeds you want whether IDE or SATA. IDE cables are wide and much larger than a thin SATA cable. So an IDE cable may block air flow and cramp up the space. SATA interface requires no jumpers like IDE does.

Reply to badge

If you have and IDE optical drive, go ahead and use it. If you are buying a new drive, get a SATA drive.

Reply to jsc

Ask the community Add a reply

Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Asus > Using IDE optical drive and SATA HDD?

Go to:

Help |
Forum rules

There are 873 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Page generated in 0.457 seconds

Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel

Focus On

Using IDE optical drive and SATA HDD?

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Asus - Using IDE optical drive and SATA HDD?

Please mind