new 'puter

[sobranie]

Nearly time for a shiny new 'puter.
Considering using pc specialist as I've dealt with the company on a few occassions for friends and they seem to be quite good.
However, the mother board used is an ASUS® P5P43TD: ATX MID RANGE BOARD & DDR3, SATA-II, 3 x PCI which I'm sure is quite fair but I can find no mention of IDE HD support which is a MUST!!
So, other than an external caddy jobby I'm a bit stuck at the mo..unless anyone can suggest a mobo which does the job (sata and ide) which I could persuade pc specialist to fit.
Any other recommends apart from pc specialist would be appreciated.
Reasoning; I have 3 ide hd's at the mo. and the prospect of 'sorting them out' is a little daunting to say the least.

[vitriol]

Just quickly googled and found this.

According to that picture there is one IDE/PATA connector on the board which means that you could use it for two of your hard disks.

[Steve]

It won't be long before IDE disappears all together,probably time for some 'spring ' cleaning

[Glenn]

It does have an ATA 133 controller

[Rik]

It won't be long before IDE disappears all together,probably time for some 'spring ' cleaning

By then, of course, we'll also probably find that SATA is on the way out.

[Glenn]

My new board is on SATA 3 & USB 3

[Rik]

Have you anything which utilises USB3?

[Glenn]

Not yet, but things will start appearing soon.

[Rik]

I'll be interested to hear what real world speeds you can get.

[sobranie]

Just quickly googled and found this.

According to that picture there is one IDE/PATA connector on the board which means that you could use it for two of your hard disks.

Brilliant, I was looking in the wrong place! Time for new specs too I think.
Many thanks squire.

[Gary]

I'll be interested to hear what real world speeds you can get.

There was a report on elreg that they were not that great, faster than USB 2 but not blinding as you would think. as was quoted on ZDnet  "We’re dependent on the system vendors and their driver writers to develop robust support. That could take years"

[Rik]

Ah, the driver cycle is upon us.

[Gary]

Ah, the driver cycle is upon us.

Indeed, until then as I see it do I need faster communication within my network to my external devices....nope its like having a Formula 1 car to go to the local shops for me 

[D-Dan]

My mind always boggles when people say they are going to buy a pre-built computer. Get online, source the components yourself, and don't bother paying for anything you can use from your old system (Hard drives, DVD/CD drives etc.)

When you get everything, put it together. Just like a big 3D jigsaw, makes troubleshooting in the future so much easier, and the sense of acheivement at a job well done is immense.

I haven't bought pre-built in more than 6 years (and I'm still upgrading that one - I replaced the PSU 3 times (4 if you count the 750Watt monster that blew a gasket. Luckily it didn't take anything with it) , the case twice, MB 3 times, Gfx card 5 times, drives several times, the floppy once before I dithed it, and the CPU 3 times. I also added some bits along the way.)

From various spares, I built PC2, which is still a fine workhorse or server.

Steve

[Steve]

Whilst I agree with you and indeed just built an 'old' PC from the bits I've kept over the last few years the cost savings are non existent when buying a new system and indeed may be more expensive like for like also not everyone wants or feels able to get their hands dirty.

[sobranie]

DD .... agree with you up to a point but my present 'pute is pushing 9 years old and apart from HD's and a cpu fan it's the same beasty I originally bought from fujitsu siemens.
Steve .... agreed, would be more expensive to assemble from various sourced suppliers.

jftr, I haven't decided on the final spec yet (nearly there) & will post the spec for any interested members.