connection question

[MouseODanger]

I'm about to build my new system, and I'm going to have 1 HD and 2 CD drives. How should I connect them to the IDE ports? I was thinking HD as master 1, cd-rom as slave1, and cd-rw as master2. Is that the best way to do it?

Also, I got a gainward GeForce 3 Ti200. Should I use the newest nvidia drivers from the nvidia site or the gainward stuff which has an overclocking utility? Should I do gainward first so that I have the oc utility and then install nvidia's to get the latest drivers? I'm not sure which way to go on those.

Thanks for the help! BTW, I'm gonna run Win XP pro.

 

[StrangeRanger]

If you plan on doing any cd > cd copies that is how you want it. it's always a good idea to keep your cdrw as master 2
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[NelsonMuntz]

Yes, that's a good way to connect your CD devices. As for the driver, I would probably use the Gainward drivers because of the overclocking features. Eventually Gainward should have the newest NVIDIA drivers integrated with their proprietary drivers so you will get the best of both worlds as long as you continue to upgrade your Gainward drivers.

 

[MouseODanger]

thanks for the help. what do you think I should do if I want to add another HD at some point? I've got both CD drives on the same IDE port now and CD to CD copying works fine.

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< thanks for the help. what do you think I should do if I want to add another HD at some point? I've got both CD drives on the same IDE port now and CD to CD copying works fine. >>

Actually, having the two hard drives on separate channels is beneficial as well because if you are transferring from one disk to the other it is faster because they don't have to share the bandwidth of one IDE channel. Same idea with the CD devices, if they don't have to share the bandwidth then the chance of problems is minimized.

 

[MouseODanger]

makes sense. would I set the second HD as master 2 or slave 2?