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DVD writer - SATA or IDE?

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/dvd-writer-sata-or-ide.129712/

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rishitells Original post #1
Jul 17, 2010 at 6:32 AM
Hii....I want to purchase a DVD writer for my 4 year old pc. It supports SATA but with raid driver, so thats irritating every time. So I have a question that if I purchase IDE, will it support current motherboards in case I upgrade the whole system?
Tech.Masti
Tech.Masti #2
Jul 17, 2010 at 7:58 AM
Current motherboards support PATA .... So you can purchase ide
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rishitells #3
Jul 17, 2010 at 8:01 AM
But is there any speed difference b/w these two?
VarDOS
VarDOS #4
Jul 17, 2010 at 8:53 AM
u should go for IDE. no matter in the writing speed. But if u go for SATA, while installing WinXP ur drive will not be detected and for that u need to integrate SATA/RAID drivers.