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Need a IDE drive?

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  • 11-07-2008 2:52pm
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    karltimber
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Am getting a popcorn hour steamer next week and need to put a 2.5" ide drive into it for HD movies/files etc

    If I buy one of these 320GB WD passport - can I open it up and use the IDE drive inside ?? for 115euro.

    thx

    K


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    #2
    turly
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    The Popcorn Hour takes a 3.5" drive, not a 2.5" one. It also needs to be an IDE (PATA) drive, not a SATA one, and I'm not sure that your external 2.5" USB drive is an IDE drive.

    See: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/viewtopic.php?p=24004

    Beware WD drives as the mounting holes are offset.

    You should probably buy a drive like this:

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=320713

    ...for half the cost of your proposal.

    (I use an iStar HD box with network streaming - have the drives in another room!)


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    karltimber
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭karltimber


    thanks turly,

    I just thought after reading a few threads on the nmt forum that a lot of folks were putting in 2.5 instead of 3.5 ide drives.
    Forget the wd option so :)

    They were saying that the 3.5 were noisey enough but the 2.5 were quiet as could be.
    Will also have a media pc and a future nas but wanted an internal for the bittorrent client it has on it.


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    turly
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    You'd need some kind of adapter to go from 2.5" to 3.5" IDE connectors (different sizes), plus I suspect - but don't know for sure - that there might be some kind of bodgery needed to physically mount the 2.5" drive.

    Dabs.ie has a far better selection of IDE drives than komplett:

    http://www.dabs.ie/productlist.aspx?&NavigationKey=11154&NavigationKey=41610000&CategorySelectedId=11154&PageMode=1&PageOffset=0&RecordOffset=0#Paging

    A 3.5" Hitachi or Seagate 500GB drive will cost you around 80 euro inc. postage.

    Edit: as for quietness, I can't really say - it might still be worth getting a (SATA) 2.5" drive and a SATA - IDE converter. Has this been mentioned on the NMT forums? The IDE 2.5" drives are not really cost-effective now - all the manufacturers are making SATA drives.


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    karltimber
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭karltimber


    for the moment I will use an old 200gb 3.5 ide I have at home and see what happens.

    will upgrade change to a 2.5 ide/sata eventually.

    just all happy getting it during the week and a new gaming rig to build :D

    thx again,
    k


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