SATA Optical Drives

[jm0ris0n]

Anyone know of any current or soon to be released SATA optical drives ? (ie dvd burner/reader ; cd burner/reader).

Thanks

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Nope, but I don't see a need anytime soon. I think they have 33mbps connections right now, but I may be wrong so don't quote me on this as usual, hehe

 

[UlricT]

I suppose the usefulness of this would be the increased airflow with the use of only SATA cables... but for that I think you could just use on of those seriellel(?) port offered by some mobo manufacturers!

 

[Auric]

Don't hold your breath but I'm sure all such internal drives will transition eventually because while there won't be any cost difference it can be touted as a new feature while mainboard's can be made a bit cheaper by not having both.

 

[SexyK]

I read somewhere that its going to be at least another year before optical drives use the SATA interface. That could have changed though.

 

[jm0ris0n]

I am not a fan of the cable length imposed by IDE ribbons