Hey question about HD compatibility

[Jming1084]

Hey does anyone know if the asus a8n-e nf4 supports sata II hard drives. Also is it ok to have an sata hard drive and an IDE hard drive on the same system. I was thinking about using the sata drive as master and the IDE drive just for storage. Will this however hurt performance?

[Dougal]

It is OK to have SATA and IDE drives in a machine. I have that set up so that I boot off the IDE and use the SATA for games and storage of shared stuff.

Some SATA II Drives will work on SATA I but not all.

[Jming1084]

Thanks for the response. Heres the hard drive im thinking about HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 HDS728080PLA380. Will it work with my motherboard?