SATA CD Drive

[patrickt]

I am not an engineer and for those of you who are, will we be seeing SATA CD/DVD drives in the future or is there a reason not to do that?

[Shoreguy]

Although MSI was the 1st
http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/07/09/msi/

Currently, Plextor is the only colored crayon in the box.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131351

CD/DVD drives can't really utilize the bus speed that sata can provide. A cd/dvd usually maxxes out at 6900 rpm, and that's on cd-read. Even in good manufacturers, that comes at the cost of high -db (loud!) due to the fact that you have that unbalanced and unanchored "platter" wobbling on a spindle.

Now, this may all change, as the interest in cd/dvd technology has been on hold with manufacturers, as the industry itself is still in a state of flux over which format to call industry standard, Blu-ray or HD DVD format...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185137,00.html

[BipolarBill]

SATA optical drives are made more for connection convenience than performance.

[Midknyte]

SATA optical drives are made more for connection convenience than performance.

yup. I would hold off.