Can I put 4 IDE HDD's, 2 Sata HDD's and 3 DVD drives on an..

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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:42:27 -0400, HST <HST@n0mail.com> wrotf:

>Thanks again for that info, I'm a little bit nervous and excited at
>the same time, I finally bought my stuff and should be getting it
>delivered next Tuesday, here's what I bought and the prices, all from
>Newegg:
>
>AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
>Model ADA4800CDBOX - Retail $1,065.00
>
>(Two) Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150
>Hard Drives - OEM $186.00 x two = $372.00
>
>CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC
>3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $227.00
>
>ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
>- Retail $195.00 (thanks to your advice)
>
>ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X600Pro 100-714131 All-In-Wonder Radeon
>X600Pro 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $189.00
>
>Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 - OEM$83.95
>
>Total spent: $2,131.95
>
>A little bit over what I wanted to spend, but I look at it this way,
>with another case and PSU sitting here doing nothing, I can now build
>a computer for my 6 year old daughter and put all of my old stuff in
>it for her along with the operating system, that's why I got a new
>SPK2 for the new build so I can start from scratch and have a fresh
>start.
>
>Now I can tell all my friends I have the fastest computer in the
>neighborhood, he he he.
>
>Hopefully all goes smooth with the build but I know I can ask in here
>and get the answers that I may need. Thanks for all your advice and
>input.
>
>HST

Awesome choices HST. Good luck with the build as I want to get that same board and CPU if
I come into some money this summer. You will definately have the fastest computer in your
neighborhood and have fun building it.
Robert Anderson

 

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ByTor wrote:
> Any experiences I have ever had with burners attached to MB's drags the
> machine down when burning making it a little difficult to navigate other
> options computing.....I do not attach opticals to HD's either if I can
> help it, dragging them down is not an option either by connecting a
> lower end device to a HD. Also, the obvious, it keeps them seperate from
> HD's....etc. It's a matter of personal preference for me though, as I
> had mentioned in my addition to millerons comments I can burn 3cds at
> once and my machine does not flinch....If I connected a burner to my
> MBoard & burned my machine totally drags ass........Maybe these newer
> faster computer manage it more efficiently? I'm not sure, I just won't
> trust burners attached to MB's......I will repeat, it is a personal
> preference, long drawn out technical explanations I can not provide only
> my experience with experimenting............

If the burner is running in DMA mode there should be little difference
between controllers. However, if one connects optical drives to a
controller card, one has to be careful what kind of controller card it
is. Some controllers don't support ATAPI devices like optical drives at
all, or only support them in PIO mode (Promise cards seem to be like this..)

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In article <oC2xe.1844512$6l.1834400@pd7tw2no>, hancockr@nospamshaw.ca,
Robert Hancock says...

> ByTor wrote:
> > Any experiences I have ever had with burners attached to MB's drags the
> > machine down when burning making it a little difficult to navigate other
> > options computing.....I do not attach opticals to HD's either if I can
> > help it, dragging them down is not an option either by connecting a
> > lower end device to a HD. Also, the obvious, it keeps them seperate from
> > HD's....etc. It's a matter of personal preference for me though, as I
> > had mentioned in my addition to millerons comments I can burn 3cds at
> > once and my machine does not flinch....If I connected a burner to my
> > MBoard & burned my machine totally drags ass........Maybe these newer
> > faster computer manage it more efficiently? I'm not sure, I just won't
> > trust burners attached to MB's......I will repeat, it is a personal
> > preference, long drawn out technical explanations I can not provide only
> > my experience with experimenting............
>
> If the burner is running in DMA mode there should be little difference
> between controllers. However, if one connects optical drives to a
> controller card, one has to be careful what kind of controller card it
> is. Some controllers don't support ATAPI devices like optical drives at
> all, or only support them in PIO mode (Promise cards seem to be like this..)
>
>

Exactly, agree 100%.....PIO mode is what I failed to mention, thanks for
that.