Hey folks.
I am thinking of getting a 2500k or 3570k cpu and and compatible motherboard.
i already have sata and pata hard drives.
i currently run a 4 active partition multi boot hard drive with windows me on c: partition and xp on d: and e: = emergency xp and data and windows 7 on F: on a pata/ide hard drive connected to a ECM MSI 482 -M motherboard which has 2 ide ports and 4 sata ports.
This allows a set up of 4 pata/ide drives using the ribbon cables and 4 sata hard drives=8 total.
This setup allows amazing flexibility.
i would like to preserve such a set up on a intel socket 1155 motherboard and i was wandering if anyone knows of a socket 1155 motherboard which still has 2 ide/pata ports and a further 4 sata ports as I would like to import my old arrangement with core i5 cpu such as a 2500 k or 3570k as currently on a amd 3200+ cpu with 2 gig ram.
works great but i would like it faster as struggles to play 4 youtube videos at the same time....

I have checked Amazon and it's hard to find any at all except for this above which appears to be a single ide port on the left hand side although i can't really be sure as no mention made in the description...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asrock-Z68M-USB3-Mainboard-Speicher/dp/B005HIRD50/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420145610&sr=8-1&keywords=Intel+Z68+motherboard
I am thinking of getting a 2500k or 3570k cpu and and compatible motherboard.
i already have sata and pata hard drives.
i currently run a 4 active partition multi boot hard drive with windows me on c: partition and xp on d: and e: = emergency xp and data and windows 7 on F: on a pata/ide hard drive connected to a ECM MSI 482 -M motherboard which has 2 ide ports and 4 sata ports.
This allows a set up of 4 pata/ide drives using the ribbon cables and 4 sata hard drives=8 total.
This setup allows amazing flexibility.
i would like to preserve such a set up on a intel socket 1155 motherboard and i was wandering if anyone knows of a socket 1155 motherboard which still has 2 ide/pata ports and a further 4 sata ports as I would like to import my old arrangement with core i5 cpu such as a 2500 k or 3570k as currently on a amd 3200+ cpu with 2 gig ram.
works great but i would like it faster as struggles to play 4 youtube videos at the same time....
I have checked Amazon and it's hard to find any at all except for this above which appears to be a single ide port on the left hand side although i can't really be sure as no mention made in the description...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asrock-Z68M-USB3-Mainboard-Speicher/dp/B005HIRD50/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420145610&sr=8-1&keywords=Intel+Z68+motherboard