New to SATA

[boatillo]

I just got my new SATA hdd, read through motherboard manuals but cannot find the answer to this question...

If I am just booting my OS off a single SATA hdd, should I plug my DVD drive and CDRW drive (as master & slave) into IDE1 now or IDE2 as they used to be using my old IDE hdd?

 

[coejus]

Just leave them where they are. Why would you want to move them?

 

[boatillo]

Actually trying to decide which new motherboard to get with my new cpu...and my hsf doesnt leave much room for IDE2 (MSI Neo2 Plat & Zalman7000) so it would be nice to plug those devices into IDE1 instead....I think IDE2 will leave the cable resting on my hsf.

 

[Gerbil333]

It doesn't make a difference.