Re: CPU questions...

On Mar 28, 12:48 pm, Darren Salt
<n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I demand that Alex may or may not have written...



I'm building a new Linux workstation for my home (WOOHOO!) and have chosen
to run with the ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard, but
I have a question about which processor would work best...
[snip]
Oh, and one more question ... this mobo along with most newer ones use
SATA as opposed to IDE. I have a TON of IDE drives, so is there a
simple way to connect an IDE drive to a SATA HD controller? And if
so, any performance hits doing this?

If you're connecting <= 2 drives, there shouldn't be any problem - it looks
like that board has IDE support.

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Hi Darren,

Newegg doesn't list IDE as an option on this mobo -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127030 - but
it could be mistaken. I'll check the ABIT site because if it does
have IDE, whatta bonus!

Someone in another thread pointed me to this site -
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SIL3611&cat=CBL - and $11
ain't bad for an IDE to SATA bridge.

Take care, and thanks for the reply...

Alex
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