Asus P5B Board Questions.

Converge · 8 Jul 2006 at 12:30

Hey guys, im thinking of getting this board

Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-151-AS)

when the conroe emerges, i've heard people saying that it only has one IDE?

Seeing as at the moment my 2 HD's and CD/DVD drives are IDE, i'll need to make a compromise somewhere, man this upgrading business is working out more expensive than i thought! :eek:

Is this correct or am i way off?

I was thinking of getting a

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD

as my main drive and then just putting a

Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) (CD-078-SA)

as my main CD/DVD drive for the time being, is this ok??

Thanks

split · 8 Jul 2006 at 12:49

Yep your correct.

What you suggest would work fine.
I personally love Western Digital drives (been using then years with no failures) but they don't carry the 5 year manufacturer''s warranty that others do.
If you look in the hard drive forum, there is a leaning towards Seagate.

silversurfer · 8 Jul 2006 at 16:10

You could get a pci raid PATA card?

Jimbo · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:25

I cant belive they are dropping ide ports, totally ridiculous imo, I have 2 dvd drives and an 80gig ide drive as well as my sata drives.

Converge · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:47

ok cool thanks for the assurances, glad i chose something that makes sense for once, yeah i agree about the WD drives, very good.
Had one before and am currently using an External one for back-up, works a treat!

Damn my overall upgrade bill has amounted to £870! :eek:

Well its all worth it

Devious · 9 Jul 2006 at 13:53

You can get sata to ide connectors.