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Okay, so I'm buying a new system. not asking what to get etc, I just noticed that I've run into a problem with what I'm getting.
The mobo I'm getting has a single IDE plug, like most of the newer boards today. Though, I'm using two IDE hard drives and a single IDE DVD/RW drive making 3 IDE devices total.
Well, with that single IDE plug I can connect the two IDE hard drives, that would be my best choice. However what about my DVD/RW drive? How am I gunna use that to install windows/games etc.
What choices do I have here?
At first I was going to get this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812206002
However now that I thought about it that still requires an IDE to be plugged into it to convert it to SATA, I wont have any free.
The only thing that I can think of is buying a SATA DVD/RW drive and do it that way. However the one I have now works perfectly fine, I don't really want to spend another $30 for the exact same thing, only SATA. Though if this is my only solution I just may have to.
I do have 8 SATA plugs, however buying a SATA hdd really isn't an option seeing as i'm spending $1k+ on my system, I'm on a budget. Buying SATA drives are going to be my next purchase.
I really need a solution here, this is the only thing keeping me from purchasing my items right now. I can't just not use a cd rom drive. Sure I can unhook my second hard drive to hook up the rom however doing that every time will make me go insane and most likely just wont work.
EDIT: Oops, I was misunderstanding how that IDE to SATA thing worked, I can just plug that directly into a drive, now I see. So I don't have a problem after all, sorry for making an unnecessary post.
However, can anyone tell me if this item actually works, or is any good? I only trust it on my DVD/RW drive, not my HDD's.
The mobo I'm getting has a single IDE plug, like most of the newer boards today. Though, I'm using two IDE hard drives and a single IDE DVD/RW drive making 3 IDE devices total.
Well, with that single IDE plug I can connect the two IDE hard drives, that would be my best choice. However what about my DVD/RW drive? How am I gunna use that to install windows/games etc.
What choices do I have here?
At first I was going to get this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812206002
However now that I thought about it that still requires an IDE to be plugged into it to convert it to SATA, I wont have any free.
The only thing that I can think of is buying a SATA DVD/RW drive and do it that way. However the one I have now works perfectly fine, I don't really want to spend another $30 for the exact same thing, only SATA. Though if this is my only solution I just may have to.
I do have 8 SATA plugs, however buying a SATA hdd really isn't an option seeing as i'm spending $1k+ on my system, I'm on a budget. Buying SATA drives are going to be my next purchase.
I really need a solution here, this is the only thing keeping me from purchasing my items right now. I can't just not use a cd rom drive. Sure I can unhook my second hard drive to hook up the rom however doing that every time will make me go insane and most likely just wont work.
EDIT: Oops, I was misunderstanding how that IDE to SATA thing worked, I can just plug that directly into a drive, now I see. So I don't have a problem after all, sorry for making an unnecessary post.
However, can anyone tell me if this item actually works, or is any good? I only trust it on my DVD/RW drive, not my HDD's.
