SATA or IDE DVD-Burner

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  1. Holman_04

    Holman_04 Member

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    Hi, I'm building a PC and am wondering what type of DVD Burners to go with. What are the advantages of Sata 3 Gb/s vs. IDE? New mobo has IDE so I figured I mind as well use it but is SATA that much better? Thanks for input
     
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    i would go with the sata burner. shouldnt be to much performance difference, but you will save space by using smaller cables that will result in an improved airflow.
     
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    there's not much difference. use IDE for all optical drives, and save the SATA ports for hard drives. hard drives have a greater benefit with sata.

    you can always get rounded IDE cables.
     
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