HDD and DVD ROM on same IDE Channel or not?

[Firejack]

Hi.... Am I right in thinking that having my HDD and DVD ROM on separate IDE
channels it will improve performance? Or would putting them on Separate
channels be a waste of a cable?

Thanks,

Andrew.

 

[Crimson*]

I don't know that it makes a huge difference anymore, but when I started
building PCs years ago I was taught that it's better to put them on separate
channels.

 

[Strontium]

If you only have those two drives, in the system, I'd say it would be
optimal. No need having two drives on the same channel, when you have
another free channel just sitting there. Now, if you also have a secondary
HDD and/or CD-ROM, I would say the controversy would begin...

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[AD C]

I don't know that it makes a huge difference anymore, but when I started
building PCs years ago I was taught that it's better to put them on separate
channels.

I think it still stands. I put a CD writer on the same cable as my
hardrive and I certainly noticed the difference.
The only reason I had to do that was because my CD writer did not like
being on the same cable as the DVD rom drive. The CDwriter went belly
up, sent it back, had a different make (liteon) and it works ok with the
DVD rom drive now.

 

[Larc]

| Hi.... Am I right in thinking that having my HDD and DVD ROM on separate IDE
| channels it will improve performance? Or would putting them on Separate
| channels be a waste of a cable?

It would probably help to have your DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE, especially if
you play movies. It's definitely better for a CD or DVD RW to be on the
secondary — and set as master if there's another drive on that IDE.

Why gamble? Cable — the ribbon type anyway — is cheap.

Larc



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[Ed Light]

I think it still stands. I put a CD writer on the same cable as my
hardrive and I certainly noticed the difference.

Your HD was slower while the CD was idle?

 

[Ed Light]

FYI I have 2 7200rpm Hd's on the same channel and just clocked them at
32Mb/s copying a 600+Mb file from one to the other. Seems fast enuff! Using
XP Home, Tbred 2000+