SATA uses much smaller cables and takes up less space, for that I love it.Originally Posted by Kouen
Also I still have a DVD burner drive that uses IDE and if I built a new pc, I would take it over since I rarely read discs.
Cookie Thief
SATA uses much smaller cables and takes up less space, for that I love it.
Also I still have a DVD burner drive that uses IDE and if I built a new pc, I would take it over since I rarely read discs.
Cyber Husky!
That one may have done as it goesEarliest Windows based computer I had had a Pentium MMX 166MHz, 64MB ED0 RAM and like a 1GB IDE HDD.
I was too young to play around with the insides of that, but I don't think it had SCSI.
My First PC I found dis-guarded outside someone's home being thrown out. I Grew up as an abused kid and my folks hardly bought me anything this was around the time of the pentium 3 when I got that P1
Man i was in heaven though Pentium MMX 233MHz, 128MB ram 1024x768 16 Bit colour Graphics and like 600MB HDD
No CD Rom or nothing just a floppy drive
Cookie Thief
My uncle who works as a java developer and got me started with computers showed me the insides of a very old computer with SCSI and showed the motherboard and the daughterboard.Earliest Windows based computer I had had a Pentium MMX 166MHz, 64MB ED0 RAM and like a 1GB IDE HDD.
I was too young to play around with the insides of that, but I don't think it had SCSI.
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The day will come when you'll mention that and people will say "fuck you must be old".Earliest Windows based computer I had had a Pentium MMX 166MHz, 64MB ED0 RAM and like a 1GB IDE HDD.
IT HAPPENS.
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Cyber Husky!
If its still useful and works and my mobo supports it, ill use it
3 DVDRW's, 1 DVD drive, like 10 rear usb's and 4 hdds in my PC
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Already feel ancient.
2MB of RAM used to be considered massive on an Amiga. Now you need at least 16GB to be considered "up to date".
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This computer had a 2X CD-ROM drive.That one may have done as it goes
My First PC I found dis-guarded outside someone's home being thrown out. I Grew up as an abused kid and my folks hardly bought me anything this was around the time of the pentium 3 when I got that P1
Man i was in heaven though Pentium MMX 233MHz, 128MB ram 1024x768 16 Bit colour Graphics and like 600MB HDD
No CD Rom or nothing just a floppy drive
No 3D accelerator though, so was limited to 2D games.
Cookie Thief
Why are there so many drives in your computer?If its still useful and works and my mobo supports it, ill use it
3 DVDRW's, 1 DVD drive, like 10 rear usb's and 4 hdds in my PC
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SATA is just so much more convenient. Smaller/easier to manage cables, no pissing around with jumper settings etc.
Modern motherboards might not come with an IDE port though.
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I have 3 or 4 spare DVD-RW drives, all IDE. If I were to buy a new PC I wouldn't put any of them in it. Bit of a waste of time.Why are there so many drives in your computer?
Cyber Husky!
I Do a fuck load of burning mind you and stuff like that so for me having multiple DVD Drives is handy.I have 3 or 4 spare DVD-RW drives, all IDE. If I were to buy a new PC I wouldn't put any of them in it. Bit of a waste of time.
Saying that 2 of the 4 Drives are Sata
Cookie Thief
I thought not and would probably just buy an adapter rather than getting a new drive, like I said I rarely read or write discs.
Cyber Husky!
They all have there use although Im thinking of upgrading some of the smaller hdd's in my system to larger ones and turning the smaller ones into external hdd'sWhy are there so many drives in your computer?
But ya i gots my System HDD which I install to games and windows n all that, then a storage hdd for most of my documents, music ect ect, then a PSP drive since i got that much in psp iso's n shit and a Video hdd I store shows and movies on.
As for the DVD Drives well there all better at a type of thing and i do a fuck ton of burning and other shit
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I think I may have to retire this Acer Aspire 5535 laptop much sooner than I thought. I've only had it 2 years in October and it's already overheating all the time, DVD drive is fucked and I think the HDD may or may not be failing.
Cyber Husky!
Well Overheating I gave ya a quick tip on, the dvd is an easy switch out and cheap on ebay all you gotta do is pop the front off the old one, as for hdd well that could be to do with the laptop overheating or maybe windows just needs a good reinstallI think I may have to retire this Acer Aspire 5535 laptop much sooner than I thought. I've only had it 2 years in October and it's already overheating all the time, DVD drive is fucked and I think the HDD may or may not be failing.
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