SATA Optical Drives

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister

You'll never buy one? I somehow doubt that. Sooner or later you'll be forced to switch, like it or not. That being said... I'm curious why you're not still using a 386DX??

You are free to believe what ever you wish, but that changes nothing. I make my own choices about what I want and what I do not. The only thing that causes me to choose otherwise, is if the price of what I want goes too high...like a high end AGP video card. But, that doesn't mean that I will ever go to PCIe, unless they make a motherboard that I want with it. Judging by the current trend, that is never going to happen.

That's all well and good, but based on that logic I don't know why you ever got an AGP system when PCI video cards worked just fine, or why you'd ever use USB when serialand PS2 mice get the job done. Your argument about price is pretty confusing, because you say you'll never go PCIe unless high-end AGP gets too expensive, but it already is much more expensive, and soon will not exist at all. 😕 Not trying to force "my beliefs" on you, but you're ignoring the fact that one day there will be *only* SATA optical drives, so unless you want to use old, unsupported hardware you'll have to upgrade. Just seems a little ridiculous to me that you'd say you'll never have an SATA optical drive. Can you say Luddite?

 

[Seekermeister]

SexyK,

I never said that I would never buy a SATA optical drive, I said that I would never buy a motherboard without IDE ports. The reason that I stick with AGP is not due to a preference for it's performance, but a preference not to lose PCI slots. The most that I have seen any PCIe MB have is four, but most of them has far less. If I were simply a gamer, that might not be so important, but my old AGP card get the job done for me. As far as mice go, I do not know how that got into the discussion, but I don't care how good your mouse is, I will not have a wired one, because I dislike the cable trailing across my legs.

However, since it is my computer, it really doesn't matter whether you understand or not, nor does your flames. Perhaps you are lost...this is not the P&N.

 

[Seekermeister]

Originally posted by: n7
SATA runs each device on its own individual channel, not to mention the nice slim cables.

That's huge for people with many HDDs or multiple DVD burners!

By running on separate channels, does that increase the performance?

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister

Originally posted by: n7
SATA runs each device on its own individual channel, not to mention the nice slim cables.

That's huge for people with many HDDs or multiple DVD burners!

By running on separate channels, does that increase the performance?

Oh yes.

Ever try burning two dvds at once?

It's pretty much impossible w/ the drives on the same IDE.
I don't actually understand why, since they shouldn't be limited, but they sure are.

Also, copying/extracting/etc files to & from drives on the same channel seems to bog down more as well.

I realize a lot of people don't do that kind of heavy file movement, but i do...or i wanted to anyway, till i realized i was hooped...

 

[Nocturnal]

Yup, burning two DVDs at once using two DVD burners is great. I have two Plextor drives both being SATA and I burn two things at once with no problems.

 

[n7]

Of course you do 🙂

That's precisely why i want to see SATA opticals.

Sadly, afaik, there are still none except the overpriced Plextors here in Canada, which i refuse to buy.

I have seen that the new prebuilts from HP/Compaq/Acer are now coming with SATA opticals though, which is a good sign of a push away from IDE.

Hurrah!

 

[Seekermeister]

Since it appears that my LiteOn Combo drive went out a little earlier today, I'm thinking about replacing it with a SATA DVD Burner. I ordered a SATA/IDE controller card yesterday, but if I connect through it, should there be any problems or downsides?

 

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
SexyK,

I never said that I would never buy a SATA optical drive, I said that I would never buy a motherboard without IDE ports. The reason that I stick with AGP is not due to a preference for it's performance, but a preference not to lose PCI slots. The most that I have seen any PCIe MB have is four, but most of them has far less. If I were simply a gamer, that might not be so important, but my old AGP card get the job done for me. As far as mice go, I do not know how that got into the discussion, but I don't care how good your mouse is, I will not have a wired one, because I dislike the cable trailing across my legs.

However, since it is my computer, it really doesn't matter whether you understand or not, nor does your flames. Perhaps you are lost...this is not the P&N.

Yo man, not flaming at all... not sure where you got that idea? I am trying to understand your reasoning just to expand my own knowledge of the industry and what people are looking for in their machine. Sorry if you find that offensive or something. Anyway, it doesnt really matter whether you said you'll never buy an SATA optical drive or whether you said you'll never buy a motherboard with no ATA connections, I'm just saying if you apply that reasoning you could go back and say i'll never buy a motherboard with no ISA slots or I'll never buy a motherboard with no PS2 ports. Not trying to slam you for your preferences, just trying to understand the logic behind them - maybe if I understood your opinion, that would help shape my next upgrade, but unfortunately you only seem to want to hurl accusations of flaming, so I guess I'm out of luck.

 

[Seekermeister]

SexyK,

When a person uses words like "ridiculous" or "Luddite" without taking the time to understand what was said, that qualifies as flaming. I respond far better to simple questions...not that I have all of the answers, nor do the answers that I have apply to everybody equally. I still think that my response explained my reasoning, but if there is something that I can clarify, I will. However, if your primary interest in a computer is gaming, then I doubt that it would be of much interest to you.