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Should I return my IDE DVD Burner for an SATA model?
So I finally had a chance to go out and buy a Pioneer 112D and an external USB enclosure today, but at the counter I realized that I had no idea whether my laptop had an IDE or a SATA capable motherboard. I was told that IDE would work either way, so I decided to purchase it.
Now that I'm home, I just noticed on my "Device Manager" that my Dell Latitude D820 laptop has a "82801 GBM/GHM Serial ATA Storage Controller". Should I return the IDE Pioneer at the External case and purchase the SATA model?
The cashier told me that as far as external DVD writers go, the difference between IDE and SATA writers is negligible. She told me it only makes a real difference when the drive is internal. Is this true?
Your advice? I haven't opened the packaging yet...
Oh, and more generally, how does a Pioneer 112D in an External Case compare with a higher end model, like a PLEXTOR? Are Plextors still cream of the crop?
Cashier is right, not much difference. And since you are using an external drive that plugs to the USB port, IDE or SATA does NOT matter.
Get SATA if you will plug it to an e-SATA port.
Optical drives are not yet as fast as Hard Drives to take advantage of SATA. Optical drives w/ SATA connection are better suited for motherboards w/ only ONE IDE port but 4 or more SATA ports.
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