SATA vs IDE: DVD/CD Drives

[boramk]

Ok we all know SATA Hard Drives can make you write faster but what are the benifits of SATA optical drives?

 

[Brawler]

Make your case look neater Basicly no real performance differance with dvd-rw's

 

[sdd]

I like the fact that the thick ribbon cable is gone.

Better air flow, looks great.

 

[medicnick83]

I read somewhere, long something about how SATA/IDE (optical) drives can only only spin so fast, so, having said that, no speed / performances increases.

Only looks good (cable) wise

 

[killadoob]

i find my sata dvd drive is alot slower than my ide

but atleast that nasty cable is gone

 

[diabolus]

Well my relatively new Asus motherboard didn't even come with IDE connectors for optical drives....only lots of SATA connectors....dunno if that's a hint right there....?

 

[Asha'man X]

It's mainly just for neater cable, and less clutter. The fastest DVD speed doesn't come near to what SATA can offer bandwidth wise, so there isn't really a performance increase.

It's more useful when your drive used to share an IDE cable with another drive, thereby slowing them down, then SATA will free it up. That's pretty much about it I guess.

 

[boramk]

It's more useful when your drive used to share an IDE cable with another drive, thereby slowing them down, then SATA will free it up. That's pretty much about it I guess.

Both my optical drives are IDE, they are slowed down?
If, lets say, 1 IDE optical drive shared with 1 IDE Hard DRive, both will be slowed down?