After a long struggle of trying to decie between a SATA or PATA Barracuda V I have finally decided on going with the PATA version. My reasons are:
1: My computer is near silent and the PATA version has acoustical management
2: The PATA version will be compatible with my older non-SATA hardware
3: The SATA version will cost more money.
I think I am purchasing an ASUS A7N8X deluxe motherboard with SATA raid as well. Because the mobo has only 2 regular IDE plugs to run my optical drives I will need to either:
1: Purchase a PATA to SATA coverter which I have heard hurt performance
2: purchase a PCI IDE raid card like this
Which do you reccomend?
Would I likely get better performance running my HD on the RAID controller and opticals on the main controller or the other way around. I will lost the ability to boot from opticals if they are on the PCI card, correct?
Thanks,
Brian
1: My computer is near silent and the PATA version has acoustical management
2: The PATA version will be compatible with my older non-SATA hardware
3: The SATA version will cost more money.
I think I am purchasing an ASUS A7N8X deluxe motherboard with SATA raid as well. Because the mobo has only 2 regular IDE plugs to run my optical drives I will need to either:
1: Purchase a PATA to SATA coverter which I have heard hurt performance
2: purchase a PCI IDE raid card like this
Which do you reccomend?
Would I likely get better performance running my HD on the RAID controller and opticals on the main controller or the other way around. I will lost the ability to boot from opticals if they are on the PCI card, correct?
Thanks,
Brian