OT - SATA drive in IDE box

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:00:14 -0500
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:

> 
> On 12/03/2012 08:45 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:42:39 -0500
> > Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I want to put an interenal 1TB SATA drive in a box that only has
> >> IDE interface.
> > If you have a spare pci-slot.
> > Use a sata controller card.
> 
> That I do.  And I finally got the search criteria 'right' on ebay:
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/IDE-to-SATA-SATA-to-IDE-Adapter-Converter-Supports-Serial-ATA-100-133-2-in-1-R-/271059075070?pt=US_Drive_Cables_dapters&hash=item3f1c613ffe

Far better would almost certainly be to just get a proper SATA controller.
SATA starts at 150 not 133 so you've already lost performance before you
worry about the overhead and correctness of any convertor.

Alan