IDE or SATA

Ok, need some help. Ive looked through some of the forums and the guides but I still need help. Looking to buy a dvd burner but I'm confused on the IDE and SATA. My computer is an E-Machines T3265 and the internal burner is outdated needless to say. I've seen on different sites that they break it down to IDE and SATA. I don't want to buy the wrong format so any kind of direction and help would be appreciated

 

This would,ve seen better down under burners but to answer your question your burners a IDE drive you could put in Sat by buying a sata card. I'd suggest buying a ide DVD burner and a DVD rom since your rom ic a CD that way there you can use yor DVD rom to read and rip and use your burner for Burning. Chris

 

IDE is still the defacto connection for CD/DVD drives. Just about any PC you buy today will use IDE connections for its CD/DVD drives, and many might not even have any SATA ports.

 

As PeainaPod said, it depends on how many connections you have.

I have both Sata and Ide, and honestly can't see a lot of difference.
Sata cables make for a cleaner case. I think your decision should be based on how much you want to futureproof your system.

 

i have 5 sata hookup on my mobo so i went with three Plextor PX-810SA sata drives. yes they run cooler (less wires) so thats my pic

but with your E-Machine just replace it with an IDE drive, it will not matter with a box system

 

My new Dell's mobo came only with SATA support, no IDE on the mobo. First PC I've seen that didn't have IDE support.

Does anyone have any preferences for SATA DVD burners? I have a drive pre-installed by Dell but I think I want a second drive. Any suggestions?? Thanks!!

 

sata is the way to go less wires = better cooling

Lite-On,Samsung

or

Pioneer

are the drives to get

 

I hace a 716al sata run by a Vista Dell dual core. Been running great for about to months. Times around 6 minutes or less on Varbatium 16X. Here in the last few weeks it will burn a disc at about normal speed and then 3 or 4 around 12 to 14 minutes. I have done alot of testing and I am convinced it is not the media. I have held down the eject button until the green light flashes and the drawer opens.(increases read time) Could the drive just be going bad?

 

Ive seen just the opposite most new computers only have 1 IDE connection
are none at all.Dell's are all SATA now with no IDE connection on the motherboard.

 

I'm not following the question

are you saying after burning three or four DVDs in a row that the drive burn speed slows down?

if so it because the drive will heat up after several runs causing the burn speed to slow down