New Build Optical Drives?

[mtwieck]

In the near future I?m planning on undertaking my first build. It will be all new hardware. Right now I?m in the planning stage, seeing what?s available and looking at just about every forum I can find etc.

So this is my question:

Optical drives, what type of interface should I go for, SATA or PATA?

Anyone with an opinion I like to hear from you. Tell me why you feel the way you do too.

 

[Peter]

SATA, of course. The teething problems are long past, compatibility is fine now, and performance has always been great. It's the much neater choice physically, so why bother with the age old parallel cable business?

 

[Sheninat0r]

@Peter: the one benefit I can think of for PATA cables over SATA cables is the fact that they stay in almost no matter what; my hard drive comes unplugged all the time because the SATA connector is so crappy.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Sheninat0r
@Peter: the one benefit I can think of for PATA cables over SATA cables is the fact that they stay in almost no matter what; my hard drive comes unplugged all the time because the SATA connector is so crappy.

Get a locking sata cable

 

[Peter]

SATA cables, by the current SATA standard, have spring loaded retention clips. Only really old (or really sh*t) cables don't.

 

[Excelsior]

SATA. I upgraded to a Samsung SATA drive after my NEC PATA was having issues with my new build. It has been flawless. I love SATA.

 

[Zepper]

Really either are just fine. Many SATA optical drives are still basically PATA with a bridge chip anyways...

.bh.

 

[Peter]

That used to be true when SATA opticals first came out. Thing of the past. These days, it might even be the other way around.

 

[Kaspian]

I love SATA cables.

 

[Zepper]

I hate SATA connections - still much too fragile and there is no excused for it.

.bh.