Im building a comp from scratch and i have two questions:

 

1. Can a CD/DVD drive that is ATAPI/E-IDE interface be used on a motherboard that supports only PATA and SATA?

 

 

 

2. Can a 3.0 Gb/s HDD be used with a motherboard that supports

 

1.5 Gb/s?

 

Backwards compatibility right?

1. Yes

 

 

 

2. Yes

thx now all i gotta do is order the parts and build it

Dude search around for the case first cuz there some pretty sweet ones. Also, look into pc mods, you can make your comp totally own. And also, be careful about the memory cuz I always thought it can cause overheating if you go past the motherboards recomended amount. Also, to be safe, get a decent liquid cooling system.

Ignore the above posters advice. He doesnt know what he is talking about and the things he has suggested are just stupid.

by 'a decent liquid cooling system' do you mean silent? Normal liquid cooling are not silent, and are infact Very noisy. I personally stay away from liquid cooling just because if something goes wrong, and it leaks onto your mother board, well, you know what will happen.

Dude search around for the case first cuz there some pretty sweet ones. Also, look into pc mods, you can make your comp totally own. And also, be careful about the memory cuz I always thought it can cause overheating if you go past the motherboards recomended amount. Also, to be safe, get a decent liquid cooling system.

 

 

 

Yes, totally own at the expense of messing up a case or two because you've never done it before.

 

 

 

Also, memory doesn't cause the motherboard to overheat, and it's not "recommended," it's "supported." Going over the amount will make it not POST.

 

 

 

Liquid cooling is, as another poster mentioned, noisy because it still has to circulate the liquid somehow...and that how is with a fan. And if anything spills your computer is RUINED, unless it's off and/or a nonconductive liquid. Either way unless you're doing hardcore overclocking it is most definently not worth the trouble.

 

 

 

To the thread starter: If you post your budget, needs and country then I'm sure many posters will be more than willing to get you off on the right foot.

Liquid cooling is by NO means loud.

 

 

 

My p4 gaming system is water cooled and you cant hear a thing. Sound control is a benefit of liquid cooling as you can use a few slower smaller fans on an aluminum radiator as opposed to one huge fast and noisy fan on a small heatsink.

 

 

 

As for spillage, build it right and you will never experience any leaking.

Liquid cooling is by NO means loud.

 

 

 

My p4 gaming system is water cooled and you cant hear a thing. Sound control is a benefit of liquid cooling as you can use a few slower smaller fans on an aluminum radiator as opposed to one huge fast and noisy fan on a small heatsink.

 

 

 

As for spillage, build it right and you will never experience any leaking.

 

 

 

The liquid-cooled system I saw was just as loud as my gaming machine, which uses 25dBa fans. And although it won't leak "if you build it right," that's not to say that something won't come loose during transport, wear out over time, or that some other freak accident won't occur. People do stuff "right" all the time, but due to many uncontrollable circumstances shizzat always happens.

 

 

 

Case in point - although decent liquid cooling might be quieter (according to you; in my experience the difference is negligible and it is still audible) it costs a lot (~$80 USD) more for a decent setup as opposed to, say, some Vantec Tornadoes and a fan controller. Additionally, larger fans make less noise for the amount of air they move and are a better choice; in that respect buying a case with 120mm fans will help noise a LOT. At this point the only thing in my case that makes any real kind of noise is the 40mm fan on the Albatron 7800GT.