SATA vs IDE cd/dvd drive/burner?

[dim1014]

Hey guys, Im building a new computer and plan on getting 2x cd/dvd burners (probably with lightscribe). I'm wondering what the real differences are between the SATA and IDE optical drives?

I know SATA drives have more manageable cables because they aren't the flat optical ones, is that right? Is there anything else? Which of the two do you guys recommend?

Thanks!

[bing]

Another advantage sata over pata(IDE) is on single pata with 2 drives vs two sata channel, sata wins ! :)

The reason is on single pata port, only one device can be active at one time, if you're accessing two at the same time, the system is sort of switching/sharing the bandwidth between them two, while sata don't have this problem.

[dim1014]

nice! so would it be okay if I had 2x SATA HD's and 2x SATA dvd burners?

[thideras]

nice! so would it be okay if I had 2x SATA HD's and 2x SATA dvd burners?Correct, nothing wrong with that. I run 5 drives (4 in RAID) and a SATA DVD burner without issues, even using all of them at the same time.

[dim1014]

thanks!