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07-16-2003, 05:21 AM

Also, my setup keeps hard drives off the IDE channel at all, so both the DVD drive and the CD-RW drive (Lite-On 52x) are on the primary IDE channel. I would keep optical drives (anything reading an optical disc - i.e., a CD-RW drive) on a separate channel from all hard drives. Way back in the old days, that used to slow us down quite a bit. And the slower IDE channel should be sufficient for your CD-R burning needs for quite some time (up until like, say, 150x at the very least).

For those that can't afford SCSI to keep hard drives and CD drives <b>totally</b> separate, I recommend Serial ATA. Drive prices are actually relatively decent (though more expensive than regular IDE, that's for sure), but they're super-duper fast (the hard drive is the biggest bottleneck in your system) and will be apart from your optical drives. Mmmm, technology.

07-16-2003, 05:21 AM	#15
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Also, my setup keeps hard drives off the IDE channel at all, so both the DVD drive and the CD-RW drive (Lite-On 52x) are on the primary IDE channel. I would keep optical drives (anything reading an optical disc - i.e., a CD-RW drive) on a separate channel from all hard drives. Way back in the old days, that used to slow us down quite a bit. And the slower IDE channel should be sufficient for your CD-R burning needs for quite some time (up until like, say, 150x at the very least). For those that can't afford SCSI to keep hard drives and CD drives <b>totally</b> separate, I recommend Serial ATA. Drive prices are actually relatively decent (though more expensive than regular IDE, that's for sure), but they're super-duper fast (the hard drive is the biggest bottleneck in your system) and will be apart from your optical drives. Mmmm, technology.