View Full Version : Xbox IDE Wire upgrade
alec006
09-15-2005, 08:47 PM
Ive been reading on the internet there are Super IDE wires and Ultra IDE wires that have faster trans rates than regular 40 Wire Standard HD/CD/DVD Etc Wires. So i was thinking maybe i should upgrade my 40wire ide wire to either a 80wire "super ide" or a 100 wire "ultra ide". Would it work or not? And if it does,would it improve any?
Regular IDE vs Super IDE:
http://www.sceusa.com/80cond2.JPG
Ultra IDE:
http://209.15.34.89/CBL-R24133-GLD-unit.jpg
omnedon
09-16-2005, 11:09 AM
Yup. 1-2%. At least in an unmodded Box. Put a faster, larger PC HDD in there, and a new IDE cable may do a bit more.
I never do this, as there are other upgrades that offer real performance boosts compared to that.
MrKitt
10-14-2005, 06:37 PM
well actually if you use a modded xbox and load games of the HDD the loading times are decreased from like 4 s to about 1 s in most cases..
omnedon
10-14-2005, 08:03 PM
Yes, but that has little to do with the cable, and everything to do with the HDD.
MrKitt
10-15-2005, 11:39 AM
well actually the transferspeeds are dependent on the cable as much as the capabilty of the hdd to function on ATA100 / ATA133 (dont think xbox support 133)
Vectorman0
10-18-2005, 10:16 AM
When I've played games off the hard drive, I didn't notice much change between the stock IDE cable and better ones. I wouldn't worry about doing this to your console until you have taken care of much more important and effective mods.
leonk
10-18-2005, 12:44 PM
what effective mods can you folks recommend??