Opinions/Advice needed. ATA or SATA?

[delmontebanana]

I'm building a new computer for my mum as one of the components have failed, either the IDE HD, Mobo, Ram, Video card or CPU during installing of Windows XP. (I get the Stop: 0x0000008E "Setup cannot copy the file Setupdd.sys" error)
I've tried troubleshooting the RAM by swapping using each of the 2 one at a time but the same problem persists, trouble shooted the HD by buying a new IDE one but the problem persists, and I cannot try not using the video card as there is no onboard video chip on the mobo.

I've decided to build a new system retaining the IDE Hard drive and IDE CD rom as they are both quite new however this is where my dilemma starts.
A lot of the newer mobo's with SATA connection only have 1 ATA/IDE connection and I've seen most of them don't function very well if at all with 2 IDE components attached and no SATA HD.

So I could:
a. Keep my old Pentium 4 (2.66) chip (or buy a new Pentium4 chip) and purchase a new socket 478 mobo (with onboard gfx) and new RAM.
b. Buy a new Core2Duo, new Sata HD, new socket 775 mobo, new RAM

 

[Roguestar]

Having read only the thread title: SATA

Now having read your post: Is this asking for help troubleshooting your current problem or do you want us to tell you what to buy?

 

[delmontebanana]

What to buy please. I think the troubleshooting is too much bother than it's worth as it's a 4 year old system.

 

[Roguestar]

Well, it depends what you want to do with your computer. "A Core 2 Duo" is a pretty big range of CPUs from low-ish end to high end. If you fill in the sticky at the top of the forum we'll better be able to advise you but to be honest the standard system recommendation is along these lines:

E2200, Gigabyte DS3L, 4GB G.Skill <$100, Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB or WD Caviar 640GB.

Fill in the sticky!

 

[Winterpool]

Jah, it's about the budget and needs. That said, replacing the core components plus a new hard drives could cost you less than $300 and still significantly outperform your mum's current / old machine. That's with a Pentium E or an Athlon X2 + integrated graphics solution. Getting a Core 2 Duo or Penom, discrete video card, etc, and your price will head to $500+.

 

[delmontebanana]

Thanks for the response all.

My concern is running an IDE HD and IDE DVDrom from the newer mobo's with only 1 IDE connector. Will that cause any problems?

 

[Roguestar]

Nope.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: delmontebanana
My concern is running an IDE HD and IDE DVDrom from the newer mobo's with only 1 IDE connector. Will that cause any problems?

Hard drive interface is not much of a factor for most folks. While it's generally better not to have your primary HD and your only CD/DVD drive on the same ATA cable, it works....

I just put together a new desktop PC for my office, into a case that I already had, using an 200 GB IDE hard drive that I already had:

FoxConn P9657AB-8EKRSH 775 motherboard $50
2 GB Crucial DDR2-800 memory modules $26 after rebate
NVidia 8600GT PCI-E video card $50 after rebate
Intel E4500 2.2GHz CPU $120
LiteOn DVD-RW drive $25

Total: around $275 if you already have a case, monitor, and old hard drive.

Windows Vista Experience Rating:
Processor 4.8
Memory 4.8
Aero Graphics 5.9
Graphics 5.5
Hard Disk 5.5

 

[magreen]

So I take it the ide quirks the original p965 ds3-type boards had (due to a 3rd party ide controller chip) are ironed out now with the p35 ds3-type boards?