SATA Opticals

[donsor]

I need another optical drive for my new PC. The only EIDE slot in the mobo is already occupied by a master and a slave. I was thinking about installing a SATA optical but I've read comments that the models are limited and that they don't work that well. Will a PCI IDE adapter be better. I have one PCI slot available plus a PCIE-1 and PCIE-4 available but the latter two I don't know if they will take IDE adapters. Any comments on this?

[minsonngo]

SATA optical drives are working great.

Go with a Lite-On.

Here is one that is good: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106072

[TwoRails]

... but I've read comments that the models are limited and that they don't work that well. ...
Probably what you've heard is that they are just not any faster than regular IDE drives. Heck, most still become a 2 MB cache which tells you right there they are not knocking any speed barriers other than just normal advances in technology and not taking advantage of the theoretical SATA interface.