2 hard disks, 2 dvd-rw, 1 dvdrom and only 4 ide, how to??

[dinobike]

I was considering put my second hard disk trough an usb 2.0 adapter, and connecting my dvd rom to the secondary master ide.
Is that a good way ( performace, data tranfer, etc..) to go??

Other suggestions to connect my fifth device???

[redwudz]

Depends if you have any room in your PC case. I use a IDE PCI controller for my extra HD and a CD burner. If you need to go external, I would use a Firewire case, USB2 can be problematic. I have RAID (80G X 2), 80G boot, 80G backup, DVD ROM, CD burner, DVD burner and a Zip drive. Large case, PS and fans.

[dinobike]

thanks redwudz!

one question about the pci ide controller, are too expensive?? is the 5 device recognized with no problems??

thanks again

[jeex]

a friend of mine and i went in on purchasing 2 of these (buy one get the 2nd half off), came out to costing each of us $11.25 + tax.. very cheap.

its a promise controller card..

[dinobike]

I was searching some information about, and i found this promise ultra 100TX2 ( maybe the same that you are talking about).

The datasheets says:

"Ultra100 TX2’s software drivers automatically boost performance for all drives (even SCSI drives and ATA drives on the motherboard controller) installed in your PC by up to 40%"

its that true??

or are they just "selling" the product??

[redwudz]

This is the one I am using. It works for HD's and CD or DVD drives.http://www.computergate.com/products/item.cfm?prodcd=AIDP13TX2 About $35US. The claims of increased speed are a little optimistic. I wonder what they are comparing it to? Mine seems to be as fast as my MB controller.