A quick and simple way to add additional expansion capabilities to your system is to include an add-in card in your build. Using a simple PCI interface, the Syba controller card will fit into most PC's; just make sure you have room for an expansion card. With 2 internal Ultra ATA/133 IDE ports, the SYBA SD-ATA133I provides a simple and cost effective solution for expandability. The SD-ATA133I is backwards compatible so it will work on almost any IDE device, including CD/DVD-Rom's and hard drives.
Ultra ATA 133 CompliantCompliant with ATA 133, the SYBA SD-ATA133I provides up to 133MB/s bandwidth and works with various brands of Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 hard disk drives.
PCI InterfaceCompliant with Revision 2.2, the PCI interface provides a maximum of 133MB/s bandwidth for fast data transfer.
Pros: This Silicon Image-based PCI-IDE controller card had no problems with recognizing optical drives on it. It operated the UDMA-4 drives perfectly without any problems and didn't conflict with on-board IDE controllers.
Cons: Not all optical drive brands will operate in their maximum supported transfer rate. Any drive that is not UDMA-4 will only run in Multimode DMA mode, irregardless if UDMA-2 mode is supported by the drives.
Overall Review: Newegg was fast in getting the package to me.