When Will We See SATA Optical Drives ?

[studio1]

I just upgraded my mobo to a chipset that supports SATA, and also upgraded my hard drives. Anyone know when we will start seeing SATA optical drives ? I'm ready to get rid of those clunky ATA power & signal cables.

 

[Harvey]

For now, I believe the data rates from optical media are more of a bottleneck than the transfer rate. If so, until SATA is cost competitive with standard ATA, there is no strong reason for manufacturers to go there.

 

[Matthias99]

Well, while the bandwidth is definitely overkill, the bigger problem is that perhaps only 1-5% of computers even HAVE SATA at this point. I suspect that by the end of this year there will be some products on the market; by then, you're more likely to start seeing mainstream OEM systems equipped with SATA controllers onboard.

 

[MrBond]

Pick up some rounded cables from SVC for your optical drives. I can't believe the difference it made in my case, it's MUCH neater now.

 

[mrweirdo]

I recall seeing someone like sony, plextor, etc has a dvd burner made with sata but they have decided not to release it at least for now. You will probably see it later on. Therse no real need for them as they dont utalize all the sata bandwidth :/

 

[Viper96720]

When the boards get more sata available maybe. Since their only 1 device per cable. Not 2 like the ata. Board I got only got 4 sata headers.

 

[BigFatCow]

Originally posted by: Viper96720
When the boards get more sata available maybe. Since their only 1 device per cable. Not 2 like the ata. Board I got only got 4 sata headers.

most normal board only support 4 IDE drives anyways. 2 channels and 2 drives per channel