If your mobo supports it and you have enough power from your PSU, yes.Originally posted by: dnuggett
Can you run a SATA HD and two IDE HDs at the same time?
SATA has the potential to burst data at 150MB/s, the maximum, which is actually a buffer to host speed. However, even the fastest SATA Raptors can only spin 102MB/s sustained off their platters (which is from the fastest section of the platters). An overall average would be slower than that so it's not likely you'll come anywhere close to that speed in real world usage, though sequential read tests in benchmarks can come close to doing that. Benchmarks really don't mean all that much though except for a measurement of your virtual manhood or to troubleshoot problem areas of your hard-drive components.Originally posted by: Intelman07
SATA, if i am not mistaken, has 150MB/s transfer rates. Additionally, it has very thin cables, and no need for master and slave settings.