I was wondering what would be faster.
A 200gig 7,200rpm SATA HD
or
A 200gig 7,200rom IDE (ATA133) HD
Newegg has some SATA drives for only $102.
Both have 9ms seek & 8MB buffer.
I just want to know the difference thanks..
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from what i've read the speed difference between a SATA vs IDE ATA 133 isn't much....
SATA is 150 MB/per second vs IDE ATA 133 MB/per second. if you're going to do a lot of video editing and capturing i'd get the SATA hd....that's just my opinion.... -
Originally Posted by budz
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All things being equal (other than 150 vs 133), I'd go with SATA. Some newer boards don't offer PATA. Smaller cables can improve airflow, but on the other hand the cables are a bit more expensive and may not be as sturdy. Still, newer drives offer options like native command queuing.
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My experience says stick with ATA(IDE) for now. I have an SATA drive, and there are alot of errors when I attempt to capture to it, or when I use it to work with my video files. I find it very adequate to store files on, but it's unreliable as a workhorse. In researching my problems I have read many comments (in other forums) on the unreliability of the interface. I had to try different drivers from several different manufacturers before I found one that worked reliably enough to use it for storage. SATA may be newer and cooler, but my personal opinion is that it's not there yet.
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Originally Posted by ViRaL1
Pfft, I'd love a source on that. If you thought floppy (and serial, and parrallel) connectors should have died a long time ago then you'll be amazed that we'll still have regular ATA-133 PATA connections in motherboards until at least 2008...
While PATA is becoming more and more of a legacy device, the VAST majority of PC users still don't know what the hell SATA isYour base? Well, they belong to me now... -
Originally Posted by 808smokeyYour base? Well, they belong to me now...
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