Hard Drives

Razorbacx · Post by **Razorbacx** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:42 am

Because I do not know...can you run an Ultra ATA/133 Hard Drive and a SATA Hard Drive within the same system? Found this deal on Fry's: http://shop4.outpost.com/search?plusear ... mory:Spot3 and it's just too good to pass up. If I can't I could buy an external enclosure and run the Ultra ATA HD via USB or would that create conflicts?

Thanks,

Razorbacx

The Black Pumpkin · Post by **The Black Pumpkin** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:44 am

My dad's computer has a sata drive as a boot drive and a ata drive for data, both internal. They seem to work fine, although the mobo is having fits right now because of something.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:49 am

you can and I did some time ago when they first came out!

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:28 pm

Causes no problems!
I've a mixture of SATA and IDE drives in one of my rigs

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:54 pm

yes you can. However the only thing IDE i have in my computer anymore is my dvd burner. When they come out with compatible sata dvd burners....no more ide

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:55 pm

yes you can. I used to have it that way. I did have some problems though setting it up correctly with which one is the master and which one is the slave. but got it all figured out and it worked fine with no problems.

fenriswolfr · Post by **fenriswolfr** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:29 pm

wow, too bad they don't have a 160 gb SATA HD at a good price. everything there I've seen has been wildly expensive for anything decent/up to date.

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:42 pm

if you keep an eye on slickdeals.com and dealcatcher.com they show deal on harddrives fairly regularly.

fenriswolfr · Post by **fenriswolfr** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:56 pm

Oo, I was mainly talking about from Fry's.. I can get the 160GB HD SATA for what, $65?

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:03 pm

ya, thats a pretty good deal.