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![]() Folks, please help me decide - I have to replace a old Maxtor 160GB ATA133 drive that is failing SMART. I have an Epox 8K5A2+ motherboard. What would the difference be between getting a SATA drive with a PCI controller card vs. a ATA IDE drive for 1) as the primary system partition; 2) as a storage drive.
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I was looking for some fancy fastners and found this. Might be something there you can use. IDE / Serial ATA (SATA) to USB 2.0 Adapter Cables
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Thanks for the input guys. PorPorMe, I guess you were suggesting that I could use my old IDE drives in an enclosure or via adapter cables as a storage device in the future? I will look into getting a controller card and begin the move to SATA.
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If the drive is failing as you said, it's probably not a good idea to consider using it at all. SATA is the best move. Many of the current boards, including my main rig, have only one IDE controller for two devices, intended for optical drives. Even those are moving to SATA-they are faster and more reliable. I don't even use the IDE controller. I switched it off in the BIOS, and got SATA optical drives.
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