New Motherboard with no IDE connector

Hammyman

weegie.geek wrote: »

There's more to a bus than bandwidth. Try the voltages and amount of power the bus is able to provide, for a start. SLI AGP? Nope.

Seen any decent performing graphics cards? They all have their own power molex on them. AGP SLI was around a decade ago.

I don't understand paranoid people who view technological advances as ways to screw people out of more money. If there wasn't an advantage it wouldn't catch on. There are plenty of failed technologies or technologies that remain niche to prove that consumers don't buy into smoke and mirrors.

I've been building and repairing PCs since 1990.

Perhaps you'd like to tell me where the performance advantage is between the different Intel sockets? For example, one of them on laptops merely has a key reversed and another recent one has ONE MORE PIN than the predecessor.

CHR15

That's the best thing about techie questions.... people argue about nothing.

First reply answered the question, now reaches for the popcorn as the row ensues. :)

Hammyman

You've been in tech forums before....

ddoris

Intel m/bo's = overpriced and poor features, you've just noticed one feature lacking, and that board has min. sata connects for it's class - it's a very basic 1156 m/b. I would guess by far most m/b's still have a pata connection.

diable

KeithP wrote: »

Thanks for that snippet, Diable.

How does that help the OP?

Knowledge is invaluable and can be passed on to children and grand children thus greatly enhancing their lives ;o))

weegie.geek

Hammyman wrote: »

Seen any decent performing graphics cards? They all have their own power molex on them.

The middle-higher range ones do (although it's not a molex connector), but plenty of lower-end ones don't, and an AGP bus still wouldn't have been able to power those. The fact remains that there's more to new technology than just gouging money, or else people wouldn't upgrade.

I'm not sure what your point is about processor sockets. It's not as if the CPU would be compatible were you to grind down the key to make it physically fit.

Avoriaz

Bunter wrote: »

..Second question is; If I want to continue to use my IDE hard drives' presumably I will have to put them in USB/IDE caddies and use them as external HD's..

You can use them as an external drive in a USB or Firewire caddy.

But you can also connect them to the motherboard using an inexpensive (a few £pounds at most) SATA to PATA adapter if you have a spare SATA port and spare power source.

I’ve used SATA to PATA adapters in my Sky+ box and in other devices very successfully.

I’ve never used one in a computer but many people do.

These are the type of device you can get.

http://computers.shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=sata+pata+adapter&_sacat=31491&_dmpt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&_odkw=&_osacat=31491&bkBtn=&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313

Some of the devices are 2 way and can be used for PATA devices with SATA motherboards or SATA devices with PATA motherboard.

Some are 1 way only so make sure you get one suitable for PATA devices with SATA motherboards.