How long till dvd/cd drives switch to sata?

[soulflyfan]

bearing in mind i plan a complete rebuild within the next 6 - 8 months

 

[Mik3y]

It may be a while til they switch to sata, because sata offers no performance increase over ide. its all about wiring conveniences.

 

[oneshot47]

Already been done....

This is the only one i know of so far though...

 

[thorin]

There are already SATA optical drives available however they are few and far between because the interface provides no benefits to the devices.

A 52x drive can't even saturate a ATA33 channel let alone a ATA66/ATA100/ATA133/SATA150 channel.

52 x 150KB/sec = 7.8MB/sec
72 x 150KB/Sec = 10.8MB/Sec

You'd need a 220x CDROM drive to saturate a ATA33 channel

Even a 16x DVDROM doesn't do it 16 x ~1.3MB/Sec = ~21.

You'd need a 25x DVDROM drive to saturate a ATA33 channel

Thorin

 

[cw42]

DVDRW's have been a great buy for a while now. They are def worth getting, and they're soooo useful. Considering that you can get a good NEC one for less than 80$ it's great. I remember back in the day when I bought my 4x CDRW burner for like 160$