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Antistupid

11-13-2003, 06:13 PM

Which one is better? IDE or SATA? I have no idea and I really want to know the answer.

hobey19

11-13-2003, 06:22 PM

sata is faster at 150mb/s so i guess if you want faster than sata is better. the connection is also much smaller, so it gets rid of those horrid ribbon cables for your hd's. but i have not heard if it is more effective in any way. if speed is an issue, go with sata

craig

Antistupid

11-13-2003, 06:34 PM

thanks

I also heard that SATA is louder. is that true?

HAL9000

11-13-2003, 06:41 PM

No.. not at all... I've done a few SATA systems now and they are almost completely silent.

Antistupid

11-13-2003, 09:33 PM

Thanks for that information!!!

Kov-Ice

11-13-2003, 10:09 PM

I've been impressed with my SATA. As HAL said, they run extremely quietly. The serial cables are great for helping reduce the clutter on the inside of your case, which helps with increasing the airflow as well.

Blakhart

11-13-2003, 10:16 PM

You meant sATA and pATA, right? Both are IDE.
:D

Antistupid

11-13-2003, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by Blakhart
You meant sATA and pATA, right? Both are IDE.
:D

??? What do you mean both are IDE???

glc

11-14-2003, 05:05 AM

ATA = IDE
S = serial
P = parallel

Blakhart

11-14-2003, 10:05 PM

Go G!
:D

Mhollinr

11-17-2003, 08:33 AM

Can you use SATA drives with normal IDE drives in the same machine at the same time?

Cricket

11-17-2003, 01:49 PM

Originally posted by Mhollinr
Can you use SATA drives with normal IDE drives in the same machine at the same time? Sure. SATA drives will be on the SATA controller and the PATA drives will be on the normal IDE/PATA controllers.

:) Cricket

jr.delgiorno

11-18-2003, 10:06 PM

Serial ATA @ 150mb/s versus 133mb/s. In 2003 look for 300mb/s SATA HD.

Blakhart

11-19-2003, 01:18 AM

Better have some faster pci bus to handle all that.

Confused

11-19-2003, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by Blakhart
Better have some faster pci bus to handle all that.

I don't believe SATA goes thru the PCI buss.
Chas

glc

11-19-2003, 10:27 AM

I believe that the only SATA that doesn't go through the PCI bus at the present time is the SATA in the ICH5 on the Intel 865/875 chipsets. To achieve 300 on SATA, you will need one of 2 things - SATA integrated into the chipset (like the Intel ICH) or a PCI-X bus.

jr.delgiorno

11-19-2003, 10:44 AM

Great mobo would be the ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, it has integrated SATA with the ICH5 Intel 875 Chipset

MichaelMcK

11-21-2003, 01:56 PM

Or either of the Abit IC-7 mobo's :)