SATA HDD but IDE motherboard

I have a Samsung Spindrive SP2504C 250Gb to connect to a motherboard
that normally accepts IDE hard-drives.
What would be the best product to do the conversion from SATA to IDE?

Mr Pixie <anthony.smales@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a Samsung Spindrive SP2504C 250Gb to connect
> to a motherboard that normally accepts IDE hard-drives.

> What would be the best product to do the conversion from SATA to IDE?

It isnt that black and white.

The two main routes are a sata card for the PC and a converter that
converts the IDE port to sata and goes on the back of the drive.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Previously Mr Pixie <anthony.smales@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Samsung Spindrive SP2504C 250Gb to connect to a motherboard
> that normally accepts IDE hard-drives.
> What would be the best product to do the conversion from SATA to IDE?

There is no best, since this is not an one-dimenaional problem.

In addition you do not want to do this conversion. You want to
add an SATA controller instead. Cheaper, more reliable and faster.

I made good experiences with promise, so the PROMISE SATA 300 TX4
may be a good choice.

Arno