SATA or PATA optical drives

[Onus]

I've used SATA opticals (BenQ, Samsung, and LG) on the last few builds I've done, and none have given any grief, including with the installation of WinXP. The smaller cables are easier to handle, and do not obstruct airflow in your case by an appreciable amount.

 

[runswindows95]

Personally, on my new build, I'm going with SATA drives. They're the same price of PATA and are more future-proof.

 

[jamesgig]

Is there a performance difference if you have 2 drives hooked up to a single pata port vs seperate sata? Especially when using both simultaneously.

 

[Guest]

hi I have dell optiplex gx 280 which has SATA base motherboard and all the cables for DVD drive are SATA.
I want to connect a new DVD-Writer which is actually PATA/IDE type how can i connect my IDE writer to my SATA supported motherboard???
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