Epox 8k3a+ and sata

[aero red baron]

I have the old 8k3a+ and was wondering if it has SATA compatibility. I need a 120 gig hd as i only have a 40 right now that is very near capacity. If the board doesn't have SATA, what might be my options for getting either a ATA hd, or new mobo?

 

[AudiMan]

It doesn't support SATA - You would need a SATA -> IDE converter.

 

[repo man11]

WD 8 meg cache IDE drives are pretty fast.

And you could always try a couple of them in a RAID zero configuration, I'm sure you'd get some pretty good speed that way. You wouldn't have to buy anything but the drives.

The 8K3A+ is still a good board. I'm running my 1700+ at 2.3 (11x209).

If you're really stuck on SATA, a PCI controller wouldn't be a bad way to go. Especially if you are otherwise happy with the motherboard.

 

[RangerJoe]

That is a very good and stable board, and I would keep it as long as you can afford it. In the mean time, I would just get an IDE western digital 120. I have one of the SATA 120s and it isn't all that great. With SATA, you get generally bad startup times (unless you are doing a dual raptor in raid 0 or something) because it has to load to SATA drivers before it starts windows.

Keep it simple until you get a board with SATA onboard, then you can get real SATA drives or at least have the option to.

 

[AudiMan]

However,,,, if you do decide to get a new board,,, and it's an INTEL, then you don't have to wait for the SATA drivers to load