Why SAta DVD Burner?

[leandrodafontoura]

Apparently, DVD Burners are now Sata. Why the change? Is the extra bandwich necessary, wasnt IDE alreay enough???? MAn, Im gonna run out of Sata ports and sata power cables......

 

[treefrog07]

Been that way for at least 3 years. Motherboards have reduced or eliminated IDE connections to use those channels for other features. But if your board has SATA and PATA/IDE, you can use the PATA/IDE for your burners. I can't see any difference in play or recording between SATA and PATA/IDE.

 

[skaz]

less clutter and better air flow. One less thing for the BIOS to worry about.

 

[jsc]

Also, to make California liberals happy:
http://slashdot.org/story/03/11/25/0014257/la-county-bans-use-of-masterslave-term,
the "Master/Slave" thing goes away.

 

[scout_03]

look at this for sata extension card that goes to a pci slot http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=sata+expension+card&x=18&y=18