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    sata drive to ide interface

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by iley, Oct 5, 2010.

  1. iley

    iley Newbie

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    I'd like to convert my older Dell D800 to accept a newer sata or ssd drive but I'm not finding a lot of converters that are small enough to fit. The lot seem sized for desktop boxes

    I was thinking I might be able to use a 1.8 inch ssd drive to make room for the converter card assuming I could find one small enough. The other problem is the ata interface, the lot are for the full size connector and as you know laptop drives use the smaller one.

    Any one done this and what converter did you use?

    Also does any one know if I can use drivers larger than 80 gb in this older machine?


    thanks
     
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    It wouldn't boost speed, to put a SATA adapter on an IDE drive, its still limited to IDE speed. Why not just get an IDE SSD? I don't know the best brand of IDE SSD, but a 32GB Supertalent SSD is $95, and a 64GB Supertalent SSD is $180.

    You can put at least a 120GB, and probably a 160GB hard drive in your laptop. K-TRON put a 160GB hard drive in his Dell Inspiron 8500: http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...worlds-fastest-ata-ide-mobile-hard-drive.html
     
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  3. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    The size of the drive can be 'tamed' by simply partitioning the boot partition to less than 137GB (usually).

    I agree with tHE jOKER, simply getting the SATA/IDE adaptor will net you nothing.

    A direct IDE SSD makes the most sense (if you 'must' upgrade the notebook you currently have).

    A better direction is simply getting a Samsung HM160HC IDE drive for now and saving up for a system with a more modern platform.

    The cost of a quality SSD at a capacity that puts it beyond 'toy' status is easily half the cost of a current i3 based 4GB RAM notebook - and yes, even with a mechanical HD, the new system will run circles around your older system - even with the 'best' IDE SSD inside.

    Good luck.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Oct 5, 2010
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The only real benefit I can see in getting a SATA SSD is that they're generally cheaper per GB than the IDE alternatives. That being said, the simplest way to do this would be to get a D-Series modular bay that takes SATA drives. You can set that to be your boot drive and just empty your normal HDD spot.

    I guess the only downside there is that you lose your optical drive, but who needs that these days.

    I'd say it's ultimately better just to upgrade the whole machine, though.
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 5, 2010
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