Putting a Blu-Ray drive in an older machine.

[Tarvaln]

I want to put a Lite-on 8x ihes208 drive in my PC:

Asus a7n8x-x
Athlon xp 2400 (266 FSB)
1 gig of ram
Asus ATI AH3650 AGP video card (9.10 driver because ATI doesn't really support smart gart after 9.10)

The sole purpose of this is to play Blu-Ray movies on my Samsung p2370hd TV/Monitor.

I'm wondering if this will work.

Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

 

[StrangerGuy]

No since your Bluray drives is SATA and your board doesnt have SATA ports.

 

[zerocool84]

No since your Bluray drives is SATA and your board doesnt have SATA ports.

Well he could get a converter for that but does his video card even support the decoding for Blu-rays???

 

[mfenn]

nvm

 

[mmntech]

That card should handle Blu-ray and has HDCP.
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...d-3600/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-3600-overview.aspx

If you can find an Athlon XP 3200+, you might be set.

If all you're playing is Blu-ray movies with it though, I highly recommend getting a dedicated stand alone player or a PS3 instead of using this. It will just be a better experience.

 

[Tarvaln]

I acctually do have an old SATA card lying around. But I think I'll just wait to get a better system or get a stand alone player. Thanks for the advice.

 

[mmntech]

I acctually do have an old SATA card lying around. But I think I'll just wait to get a better system or get a stand alone player. Thanks for the advice.

Stand alone players are usually not much more than a PC drive and don't need any additional hardware or software to work. They'll also be more user friendly. Best Buy just happens to have this Sony one on sale for $150.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+B...&skuId=9317599