Will SATA work with my mother board?

kenlam · 04-21-2007, 03:36 AM

Hi'ya

I'm currently thinking about expanding my small 100gb hard drive to maybe 500gb. I've looked on various places and the SATA crops up a lot of the times. Now back when I bought my computer, it was using IDE interface HDD's, this was 4 years ago now. Question is, will SATA be compatible with my current motherboard?

Heres the link to my motherboard:
MP-8P4-E 2.0

Thanks

S0ULphIRE · 04-21-2007, 03:56 AM

I think it should support the SATA, the mobo seems pretty good (4 four years ago!) you would just have to get an IDE to SATA cable. Not sure where ud get that from tho. Try newegg.com

turtile · 04-21-2007, 05:18 AM

It doesn't look like it has SATA. Go with this:
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular recording) ST3500630A 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM

Nick · 04-21-2007, 06:35 AM

it dosnt seem to have sata ports

OatesyX · 04-21-2007, 07:15 AM

right ,Thats a 478 socket motherboard and to the best of my knolledge there are no sata ports on any of them. What you can do is get a sata card that plugs into one of your pci slots.

Nick · 04-21-2007, 07:21 AM

thats a good idea what IrishNinja said

kenlam · 04-21-2007, 05:15 PM

So if I do decide to go with SATA, will it be more beneficial to me than an IDE?

Thanks for all your responses btw, given me more options to choose from.

SpikedCola · 04-21-2007, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IrishNinjaX

right ,Thats a 478 socket motherboard and to the best of my knolledge there are no sata ports on any of them. What you can do is get a sata card that plugs into one of your pci slots.

I personally own two 478 boards that have SATA ports - one Intel and one Asus.

turtile · 04-22-2007, 09:53 PM

I have a socket 478 w/ SATA as well.

You won't notice any difference between SATA and IDE. IDE is fast enough.

saltynay · 04-23-2007, 04:18 AM

sata is futureproof though so its upto you it may be time to start saving up for a new pc

04-21-2007, 03:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
kenlam Newb Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 24	Will SATA work with my mother board? Hi'ya I'm currently thinking about expanding my small 100gb hard drive to maybe 500gb. I've looked on various places and the SATA crops up a lot of the times. Now back when I bought my computer, it was using IDE interface HDD's, this was 4 years ago now. Question is, will SATA be compatible with my current motherboard? Heres the link to my motherboard: MP-8P4-E 2.0 Thanks

04-21-2007, 03:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
S0ULphIRE Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 778	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? I think it should support the SATA, the mobo seems pretty good (4 four years ago!) you would just have to get an IDE to SATA cable. Not sure where ud get that from tho. Try newegg.com __________________ Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling? I am 75% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?

04-21-2007, 05:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
turtile Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,449	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? It doesn't look like it has SATA. Go with this: Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular recording) ST3500630A 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM __________________ Intel Prescott 3.0 Socket 478 40x2 RAID 0 Maxtor + 40GB & 120GB 160GB Seagate in Vantec NexStar 3 Enclosure ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe LG DVD-ROM NEC DVD-RW DL 1GB Corsair PC3200 GeForce 5700 256MB DDR

04-21-2007, 06:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Nick Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sidlesham Posts: 3,165	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? it dosnt seem to have sata ports __________________ nIcK

04-21-2007, 07:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
OatesyX Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 352	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? right ,Thats a 478 socket motherboard and to the best of my knolledge there are no sata ports on any of them. What you can do is get a sata card that plugs into one of your pci slots. __________________ E6300 Core 2 Duo GA-965P-DS3 2 Gbs OCZ PLatinum 800Mhz 250 Gb Western Digital OCZ Modsteam 450W 7900GT Gainward Flux Capacitor....SWEEEET

04-21-2007, 07:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
Nick Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sidlesham Posts: 3,165	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? thats a good idea what IrishNinja said __________________ nIcK

04-21-2007, 05:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
kenlam Newb Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 24	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? So if I do decide to go with SATA, will it be more beneficial to me than an IDE? Thanks for all your responses btw, given me more options to choose from.

04-22-2007, 09:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
turtile Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,449	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? I have a socket 478 w/ SATA as well. You won't notice any difference between SATA and IDE. IDE is fast enough. __________________ Intel Prescott 3.0 Socket 478 40x2 RAID 0 Maxtor + 40GB & 120GB 160GB Seagate in Vantec NexStar 3 Enclosure ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe LG DVD-ROM NEC DVD-RW DL 1GB Corsair PC3200 GeForce 5700 256MB DDR

04-23-2007, 04:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
saltynay Master Techie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,563	Re: Will SATA work with my mother board? sata is futureproof though so its upto you it may be time to start saving up for a new pc __________________ Raid info: http://www.acnc.com/04_00.html Monitor management: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/overview/ Linux distro's: http://distrowatch.com/

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