Suggestions for IDE user wanting SATA.

[silentfire]

Hi, Im looking to buy a SATA Hard Drive but my mother board doesn't support SATA. Im planning to purchase a newer mother board at the end of the year that would support it. I was looking to buy "Western Digital 200GB Serial ATA Hard Drive" hoping that it has both EIDE and SATA so I would be able to use it now and when I upgrade. Any suggestions?

(This is being posted for a friend. Mother board not listed in the signature.)

[corrosion231]

No hard drives come with both serial ata and ide. You can get sata to ide convertors to use sata drives on ide boards.

[JoT]

Nope. You can get IDE to SATA adapters. Be mindful that unless you're getting a true SATA drive (Raptor), SATA offers very little, if any, performance boost at all.

[Tebore]

Nope. You can get IDE to SATA adapters. Be mindful that unless you're getting a true SATA drive (Raptor), SATA offers very little, if any, performance boost at all.

Actually the Raptor uses a bridge chip. The only drives that are native SATA are Seagate 7200.7 and the Maxtor Maxline 3.

[JoT]

Ah, didn't know that. Thanks :)