Hi I will soon upgrade my system, and am worried about the sata thing. Mobo : Gigabyte EP45-DS3L Hd : Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 (Serial ATA-II) It seems south bridge takes care of sata, and it's an Intel® ICH10 IDE is handled by JMicron 368 chip I guess I should integrate Intel drivers anyway but I've read various posts here, and im not sure, as some people get bsod etc... And I'm not planning to use RAID (n/a on this mobo anyway), nor AHCI (as it seems there are only few advantages). So am I wrong if I : - set the HD to IDE mode (or non AHCI or whatever)(is this option available on any mobo/bios btw ?) - plug the HD using sata cable (it can be plugged with sata, but used in IDE mode, right ?)(weird) Or do I really miss something/will face performance loss etc Thanks