"Gingangooli" <none RemoveThis @nowhere.com> wrote in message...
> Ive currently got a BD7-11 with all IDE channels used.
>
> Im thinking of adding either a SATA controller or a IDE controller in
> a PCI slot, and so add extra disks. Whats best with this mobo SATA
> or IDE?
The motherboard doesn't know or care either way. If you're buying new disks
at the same time, you may as well go with SATA as it's more future-friendly,
and neater cabling-wise. Other issues may also come into play; for example
some hard disk manufacturers sell their SATA drives with a three year
warranty, while the parallel version of the same drive only comes with one
year of cover.
> I know SATA is faster,
Not to a significant extent, in the context you're talking about. The
interface itself offers a fraction more theoretical speed, but the
performance actually comes from the disks themselves, not the controller.
It's true though that a SATA card, plus a specimen modern SATA drive will
offer a tiny fraction more performance than an ATA133 card plus the ATA
version of the same drive.
> but I am sure I read somewhere that unless the mobo has the necessary
> "gubbins?" to interface to the SATA PCI controller
> satisfactorily you wont get the max speed from the SATA
> controller,
If you're referring to the ability of many recent boards to bypass their PCI
busses to increase disk performance, this is a moot point as far as your
controller choice is concerned, as you can't do these modern tricks with
your BD7-II, no matter what add-in card you choose.
> plus maybe other probs.
Not sure what you're referring to there, but in general terms there's no
reason to think that either choice will cause "problems".
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