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From: ken k on 17 Apr 2008 14:46 I am building a new system and have enough connectors to install either a SATA or IDE/PATA drive. I am looking for recommendations for either single, or possibly dual-sided burners. (If I purchase Blu- ray, that will be in the future as a second burner). I have a Lite-on DVD burner at present and I RARELY have made coasters. Input would be appreciated. Also, is there any advantage to having a SATA burner? Does the read speed of DVDs ever max out an IDE connection? Thanks KK
From: Larc on 17 Apr 2008 15:35 On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:46:26 -0700 (PDT), ken k <kdkrone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I am building a new system and have enough connectors to install >either a SATA or IDE/PATA drive. I am looking for recommendations for >either single, or possibly dual-sided burners. (If I purchase Blu- >ray, that will be in the future as a second burner). I have a Lite-on >DVD burner at present and I RARELY have made coasters. > >Input would be appreciated. Also, is there any advantage to having a >SATA burner? Does the read speed of DVDs ever max out an IDE >connection? Nope! IDE can handle the max read speed of 16x just fine (assuming the read speed of your burner isn't locked at 4x or some such slow speed). As for SATA, I do have a Lite-On SATA burner (DH-20A1S) that tends to do a better job burning DVDs than comparable IDE burners, but that could just be a fluke in that particular burner. Larc ��� - Change planet to earth to reply by email - ���
From: bill on 17 Apr 2008 16:09 "ken k" <kdkrone(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:a29f936a-7cb0-4896-a3cd-a50f6446508c(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... >I am building a new system and have enough connectors to install > either a SATA or IDE/PATA drive. I am looking for recommendations for > either single, or possibly dual-sided burners. (If I purchase Blu- > ray, that will be in the future as a second burner). I have a Lite-on > DVD burner at present and I RARELY have made coasters. > > Input would be appreciated. Also, is there any advantage to having a > SATA burner? Does the read speed of DVDs ever max out an IDE > connection? > > Thanks > KK I had a Lite-On dvd burner which was noisy and slow which I got rid of and got a pioneer instead which I'm alot happier with. I also read that asus dvd burners are good. If I was upgrading I'd go with a sata2 asus or pioneer dvd burner. I'm slowly upgrading and recently bought a sata 2 hard drive. I'd also buy a sata 2 dvd burner if I really needed a dvd burner. However, ideally I'd wait for the blu-ray drives to come down in price and become the standard and get one of those instead. One thing to consider is that you may experience some problems if your using a ide to sata2 controller on your old motherboard and may need to buy a new motherboard which supports sata2.
From: ken k on 17 Apr 2008 18:11 On Apr 17, 1:09 pm, "bill" <bil...(a)tufd.com> wrote: > "ken k" <kdkr...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:a29f936a-7cb0-4896-a3cd-a50f6446508c(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > > >I am building a new system and have enough connectors to install > > either a SATA or IDE/PATA drive. I am looking for recommendations for > > either single, or possibly dual-sided burners. (If I purchase Blu- > > ray, that will be in the future as a second burner). I have a Lite-on > > DVD burner at present and I RARELY have made coasters. > > > Input would be appreciated. Also, is there any advantage to having a > > SATA burner? Does the read speed of DVDs ever max out an IDE > > connection? > > > Thanks > > KK > > I had a Lite-On dvd burner which was noisy and slow which I got rid of and > got a pioneer instead which I'm alot happier with. I also read that asus dvd > burners are good. > If I was upgrading I'd go with a sata2 asus or pioneer dvd burner. I'm > slowly upgrading and recently bought a sata 2 hard drive. I'd also buy a > sata 2 dvd burner if I really > needed a dvd burner. However, ideally I'd wait for the blu-ray drives to > come down in price and become the standard and get one of those instead. One > thing to > consider is that you may experience some problems if your using a ide to > sata2 controller on your old motherboard and may need to buy a new > motherboard which supports sata2. Hi. Thanks for the input. In actual fact I am building a new system around an Intel DP35DP mb, which has 6 SATA 2 connectors (1 is and external SATA connector) and one IDE connector (2 devices). I figured I would keep my old Lite-on and add a dual-sided DVD burner (they aren't very expensive). If/when I am interested in Blu-ray, I can always replace the older burner. I will look at the Lite-on, Asus, and Pioneer burners, per both of your recos. KK
From: Larc on 17 Apr 2008 18:56
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:11:05 -0700 (PDT), ken k <kdkrone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Apr 17, 1:09 pm, "bill" <bil...(a)tufd.com> wrote: >Hi. Thanks for the input. In actual fact I am building a new system >around an Intel DP35DP mb, which has 6 SATA 2 connectors (1 is and >external SATA connector) and one IDE connector (2 devices). I figured >I would keep my old Lite-on and add a dual-sided DVD burner (they >aren't very expensive). If/when I am interested in Blu-ray, I can >always replace the older burner. I will look at the Lite-on, Asus, >and Pioneer burners, per both of your recos. If you plan to do much dual-layer burning, suggest you look at the Pioneer DVR-215D (SATA). Pioneers tend to be better DL burners than most of the others. Larc ��� - Change planet to earth to reply by email - ��� |