Quote Originally Posted by TheKarmakazi View Post
Im guessing evga is targeting hardcore overclockers with this board in addition to the normal server/dual socket market. And to do hardcore overclocks (with high bclk) you have to raise the pci-ex bus much higher than a SATA drive can tolerate. Hence the need for IDE.
My X25-M was still doing fine @ 115MHz for the PCIe bus. Can't say the same thing for my soundcard though