Hi All,
Have not posted here for a long time but was hoping the gurus here could help me. I mostly do editing on my PC with some occasional music / DVD ripping. I have an aging AMD S754 system I built that I'm looking to upgrade but due to a cash shortage I'm only going to be buying a new mobo, CPU, and RAM. I'm not a gamer so the onboard video will suffice, may add a basic card if Photoshop has issues with the onboard. My power supply is 430 watts in a decent ATX case with several fan. I'll be running XP Home.
I have a new SATA hard drive that's still in the box that will be used as my second data drive. The plan is to carry over an older Seagate PATA 200GB hard drive and DVDRW drive into the new system so here's my questions.
1. Will the old hard drive and DVD drive have any issues sharing a PATA ribbon? Most newer mobos only have one of these connectors.
2. Due to the mix of new and old components, any obvious issues or other hardware items I may need to purchase to make this work?
I know this setup is not ideal and I should just get everything new but unfortunately funds will not allow it. Here's the components I'm considering:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103272
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
Have not posted here for a long time but was hoping the gurus here could help me. I mostly do editing on my PC with some occasional music / DVD ripping. I have an aging AMD S754 system I built that I'm looking to upgrade but due to a cash shortage I'm only going to be buying a new mobo, CPU, and RAM. I'm not a gamer so the onboard video will suffice, may add a basic card if Photoshop has issues with the onboard. My power supply is 430 watts in a decent ATX case with several fan. I'll be running XP Home.
I have a new SATA hard drive that's still in the box that will be used as my second data drive. The plan is to carry over an older Seagate PATA 200GB hard drive and DVDRW drive into the new system so here's my questions.
1. Will the old hard drive and DVD drive have any issues sharing a PATA ribbon? Most newer mobos only have one of these connectors.
2. Due to the mix of new and old components, any obvious issues or other hardware items I may need to purchase to make this work?
I know this setup is not ideal and I should just get everything new but unfortunately funds will not allow it. Here's the components I'm considering:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103272
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122