mockingbird wrote:

You'll probably get stuck at 33MB/sec (UDMA-2) operation with a IDE to SATA adapter.

I did some tests in this regard, these converters do around 80 MB/s if I remember correctly. This is in benchmarks:

https://youtu.be/yp9AyMQ62js?t=3m54s

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

mockingbird wrote:

You'll probably get stuck at 33MB/sec (UDMA-2) operation with a IDE to SATA adapter.

I did some tests in this regard, these converters do around 80 MB/s if I remember correctly. This is in benchmarks:

https://youtu.be/yp9AyMQ62js?t=3m54s

Your review is about converting SATA to IDE...

These adapters are for the reverse...

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

mockingbird wrote:

You'll probably get stuck at 33MB/sec (UDMA-2) operation with a IDE to SATA adapter.

I did some tests in this regard, these converters do around 80 MB/s if I remember correctly. This is in benchmarks:

https://youtu.be/yp9AyMQ62js?t=3m54s

33MHz speed is only if your mobo is that old. There were faster UDMA modes like 100mhz.

Sutekh94 wrote:

Biggest IDE drive that I know of is this 750GB Seagate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRXbKzvqRwY

I got one of those for video recording back when my desktop was an nForce2 ABit AN7 board. Although in reality, most of it's life ended up being spent handling general data storage. I had read some horror stories about the onboard SATA so I stayed with IDE.
Unfortunately these drives got a lot of bad reviews on NewEgg, so I guess they aren't that reliable. It does run hot and it's probably the heaviest IDE drive I have (surpassed by at least one SCSI). My drives are stored together in a box and I can tell this one by weight.
I always kept mine fan cooled, and I do believe that helps, but I still retired it after about 20-25K hours. It was starting to have some odd pauses occasionally so I think it's on it's way out. Given the hours I'm not very impressed, but I can accept 20K hours as a decent life I guess. I'm keeping it in reserve for whenever I have some reason to need a 750GB IDE drive, just don't know how much longer it will last if I start using it again.

rick6 wrote:

Heh, should i feel guilty for using a 500GB IDE on a board which supports Sata? :0

Because now that i've read this thread i kind of do.

It's maybe a bit irrational, but I do. I just figure since SATA drives are common and cheap in that size range, while IDE versions are harder to come by, I'm kind of protective of the IDEs.

Although I have the 750GB mentioned above, it's well worn so I think my best IDE drive overall is a 500GB WD Blue. That drive is still in nearly new condition, and it has fewer platters and I think has a better reliability record. It was bought in the late days when WD was the only manufacturer still making IDE drives. It was bought to install in an old machine to do network backups, but this machine was normally not powered on so the drive never saw much use. Years later I checked the SMART log and I don't think it even had 100 hours. Later I used it for a short time for video recording, and that got it closer to ~700 or so. I kind of felt guilty about that, but it's still young and works like a perfect new drive, unlike the 750GB which has gotten a bit questionable. I've decided to preserve both of them for "special occasions", though I don't know what those occasions would be.

I got all excited when I saw this thread... as I recently replaced a drive similar to below, with an Adaptec 1540CF controller & SCSI drive; -

... and thought we were going to get all nostalgic over large drives.

386_junkie wrote:

... and thought we were going to get all nostalgic over large drives.

Hehe... I remember back in the early to mid-90s I occasionally saw giant drives like that being displayed in some shops ("full height" I guess?). I don't know if they were actually still for sale or if it was just a conversation piece that they thought looked good under the counter.

luckybob wrote:

I literally have a PILE of 320gb sata drives with ide/sata converters. They work just fine in everything i've ever used. Bios limits notwithstanding, they worked fine even on 386 machines.

Please let me know if you just happen to have surplus for sale.

386_junkie wrote:

I got all excited when I saw this thread... as I recently replaced a drive similar to below, with an Adaptec 1540CF controller & […]
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I got all excited when I saw this thread... as I recently replaced a drive similar to below, with an Adaptec 1540CF controller & SCSI drive; -

... and thought we were going to get all nostalgic over large drives.

Would be so awesome to find one large enough to fit Windows 95 on! 😊 (More than 51MB)