ATA Cable help

[NeoMadHatter]

does it matter for a dvd drive and cdrw drive if the cable is ATA33 or ATA66/ATA100?

 

[timje]

The newer cables are backward-compatible. I've run an old CDROM using at ATA100 cable.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

so which one of these do i want?

24 Inch. IDE ATA-33 Flat Cable for IDE Hard Drive, or CD Rom, or CDRW, 3-Connector, 24 Inches Long

or

24 Inch. IDE ATA 66/100 Flat Cable for IDE Hard Drive, CD ROM, DVD ROM or CDRW, 3-Connector, 24 Inches Long

 

[timje]

If you get the second one (probably a bit more expensive), it'll be more usable
in the future (expansion, etc.) since it works with all types of devices.

 

[Jex]

It really doesn't matter for DVD/CDRW drives because the don't transfer that fast anyways.

timje is right though, that if you get the 100 cable, you can use it for hd's or whatever in the future.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

thanks for the help guys, i'm going to go look at B&M's for the cable and a floppy drive because the one that i have has died.