New HD SATA or PATA

Hi all, I have a question here I would like to hear some opinions on.
In recent times I have been recording a fair amount of Video TV with my HD TV Receiver onto my HD, but as Video files are so huge I am thinking of Installing a new HD maybe 250 or 320Gig only for Video.
The PC that I am using for this has no empty IDE slots left as I already have 2 HD's and 2 Burners installed. The mobo is a ASUS A7V600-X and has only SATA1 connections I have not used them. What would be my best and foremost most relayable solution, try SATA or install a PCI IDE connector I don't know if SATA 2 or 3 that is available now is compatible with the old SATA1.
Any comments are most welcome.
thanks

 

Another option, possibly better, is an external HDD in a box such as this eSATA which I've found useful. Uses any size and model # SATA.

 

Hi and thank you, yes I do realize that IDE is a Dinosaur, but I was under the impression that a motherboard with SATA 1 was not capable to read SATA 3 or 2 and don't they have different connectors as well. If it is possible than of course it is much better as further down the track when I update the system this HD will be up to date.
In regards to external drives I do have a IDE USB2 external case where I can use almost any IDE HD, but I do not use it much as I find it not very reliable it often will not let me write to it so I hardly use it,it has a almost empty 40Gig drive in it.
Also I wouldn't know if the data transfer would be fast enough to record video.
hawk22

 

Hawk,

There are a couple of things you may want to research a little more before you take the plunge. Although it has been referenced that SATA II and III (I have no experience with III) are backwards compatable, I have found this does not always hold true. I've run into a couple of boards that would not recognize a SATA II drive, even those like Samsung that have a jumper for SATA I configurations. The next question should focus on any potential conflicts between the Primary IDE channel and your SATA controller. Some boards present an either/or opportunity but do not afford both. In other words, if you want to use a SATA drive or drives, the board will disable IDE 1, Drive 0. The older DFI boards and a few others are like this.

Personally, I can't detect much if any performance gain with SATA drives but I sure do like the cabling. I've also got Raptors set up as system drives in 3 machines, but I can't tell any difference in them either. I guess its kind of like Alaska in the dead of winter - what's the difference between -30° and -40°? They're both too cold to fret about.

I'd encourage you to go ahead and take the plunge. You'll like SATA drives.
Let us know how you ultimately decide to go and how you make out.



edit: Just re-read your question. For clarification - There are no cabling differences between SATA drive types that I am aware of other than potentially the power connector but these do not differ between SATA I and SATA II. And, Most boards that are SATA I will accept SATA II drives and run at the SATA I transfer rate.

 

Why not ask Asus directly?

You may go to http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx?SLanguage=en-us