ATA 133 Chipset with ATA 100 Harddrive

[utdmleach]

On the verge of buying a:

Western Digital 320Go 7200 tr/min ATA 100

I've got this motherboard

http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=...eluxe&langs=01

and I would like to have the Western Digital 320Go 7200 tr/min ATA 100 as a slave harddrive.My master is currently a 160gb maxtor ATA 133, can I run these two together or do I need to just get another 133 drive?

Thanks for any replies

utdmleach

[skuzgib]

You can run 'em together fine

[d3fiant]

...but u will take a hit on performance, nufin to do with ATA standards, just two drives on the same IDE channel is a real killer as only 1 drive can transmit at a time

[mike_w]

...but u will take a hit on performance, nufin to do with ATA standards, just two drives on the same IDE channel is a real killer as only 1 drive can transmit at a time

I would have thought that the only time you'd get a performance hit is if you were using the two drives at the same time.

[dave87]

Yup, though looking at that motherboard couldn't you run it off a different channel? or have you used them already?

Dave

[utdmleach]

Used em all up