pata to sata converter

[ESPplayer7]

i was wondering if i use my pata hard drive and get a converter to sata will i have the speed of an sata hard drive?

[jlreich]

No. The IDE drive itself is only capable of a certain speed. It just allows you to hook up an IDE drive to an SATA port if you happen to need to do that.

[mondsi]

jlreich was right. Nothing will happen in terms of speed. because it is just a converter of IDE to SATA. but it will organize the cables inside your system and the air inside your system will flow smoothly.

[saphalline]

I try to avoid converters if I can. They have a tendency to actually slow things down due to complexity and translation issues. If you have an IDE device, leave it as IDE unless you absolutely need to change it.