2011-11-24, 04:35
Just wondering how XBMC runs off of an IDE drive. I have one laying around and I'd like to build another HTPC using it. Preferably someone running XBMC and a file server.
2011-11-24, 06:29
Beer40oz Wrote:What is IDE? lolit should read EIDE and is the controll interface for PATA Hard drives and CDrom Drives.
But it's fast enough for xbmc.
2011-11-24, 09:54
That's no problem at all. An average harddisk can't make use of the full bandwidth provided by IDE/PATA anyway, let alone SATA. SATA is just more convenient because it's generally hot-pluggable, makes for less clutter and doesn't need master-slave settings.
I still have one IDE drive. It's 500 GB and it still runs fine after 5 years. Don't see a reason why to replace it with current HDD prices.
I still have one IDE drive. It's 500 GB and it still runs fine after 5 years. Don't see a reason why to replace it with current HDD prices.
