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Do I get any performance boost with an IDE to SATA adapter?
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Mar 15, 20262569 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I picked up a barebones PC kit the other day so that I could get a speed boost and still use my old hard drives/DVD drives, etc. I currently have two IDE drives and unfortunately the new motherboard only has 1 IDE head to plug into (and I fear I have now showed my age on my last home built PC). Sin…
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There's no real advantage. The bootleneck will be moved to the EIDE drive interface which, as you know limits your hard drive bandwidth to the ATA specification you see on the drive label. However, being that the motherboard offers a SATA controller…
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