Length of download

Well, tomorrow, my new CPU, MB, HDD, RAM, DVD-Rom should arrive. I've already got the PSU and OS.

Sadly, the Newer MB options didn't seem to include any with an IDE header, so I've gotten a new SATA HDD.

Since I won't be able to just copy things from one hard drive to the other, given that I have Going Rogue on CD, how long do you think it will take to download the issues that have hit since then? I've got a thumb drive, but it's pretty old/small, and can only hold a half a gig.

Seeing as I've already spent more than I really wanted to, I surely don't want to buy some other drive that will hold the 4 gigs CoH seems to take.

I've got U-verse, and the cpu is an i5-2500k and I'm getting 8megs of RAM - so I'm expecting the download speed to be fairly fast - but the size of these issues has been pretty large, if I recall correctly.

What do you folks think?

The download will be about 2.5Gb, maybe a bit more.

A fresh install was something like 6GB during the Beta. Going from Going Rogue will likely be the 4GB since nearly every file has been changed multiple times.

Most modern motherboards chipsets no longer include an IDE controller so to have a motherboard support it a manufacturer needs to add an IDE controller chip to the motherboard. This is why you only tend to find them on high end motherboards that throw in everything and the kitchen sink.

But a 8GB thumb drive isn't that expensive if you look out for them in the Sunday circulars from BestBuy, Staples, Office Max, Office Depot as well as Wal-mart, K-mart and Target. Then you have electronic stores like Fry's.

However the best sales tend to be around August during the Back to School sales and Black Friday.

So, you don't hook your cable modem to a router so you could network the two machines together? Or a DVD burner in the old system? Even a CD-Burner would likely be faster using 6 or so CDs.

Edit: Just looked at the Staples circular. 8GB PNY USB drive for $12.

Your other option is to by a £15 external IDE caddy with USB/Firewire connectivity so you can still make use of your old drive.

Since the deed is looking to be done later today, odds are this suggestion won't help much.

But another alternative is something like this to give you IDE compatibility (plus a bit more).

You could also try one of these:

IDE to SATA converter

You plug it into the back of your IDE hard drive, then run a SATA cable to your motherboard. That way, you can keep on using the IDE drive for storage. Have to make sure there's enough clearance inside your case for the adapter to plug into the back of the drive, though.

Thanks very much, all of you. I haven't had my morning dose of caffiene yet, but off the cuff, I'm shooting myself for not having realized that there had to be something like the ide to sata converter out there. After all, I couldn't be the only person whose hard drive keeps working.

In any event, I suspect that it was a good investment, and now, with two drives, I'll feel a little bit better, in case one goes out.