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02-05-2005, 12:20 PM
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sata or ide hardrive?
was wondering what the difference is
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02-05-2005, 12:32 PM
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A SATA drive connects to the motherboard by a thin 7 wire cable, as apposed to the very wide IDE ribbon cable. The fastest IDE ATA 133 is 133Mbps, and the (current SATA) SATA Generation 1 is 150Mbps. Soon to come is SATA generation 2 which is supposed to be at a speed of 300Mbps.
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02-05-2005, 02:47 PM
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o so sata is faster
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02-05-2005, 03:02 PM
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SATA is also hot pluggable - you can remove a SATA drive when the system is turned on, a bit like a external USB drive. It is hot pluggable because it uses a special power plug that when removes disconnects power in the correct way, but with IDE the standard 4 pin plug is used which is not hot pluggable.
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02-05-2005, 07:23 PM
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But to use that feature, one must buy a special case to fit the HDD (in a 5 1/4 bay)?
Or just need to open the case, take the power plug and the SATA cable off and retrieve the HDD? |
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02-05-2005, 07:29 PM
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02-05-2005, 08:06 PM
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for the "stupid proletariat" who has 40 mbps HDD, the speed boost cant be much.
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02-05-2005, 08:13 PM
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I'm not sure what you mean..A jab at the working class, satire, or that sata isn't much different performance-wise than the standards of the early 90's.
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02-05-2005, 10:41 PM
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si us it a waste to get a sata drive cause most of them r ide i think that u find on sale i was wondering if there is a noticible difference
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02-05-2005, 11:03 PM
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Technically I believe that the increase in speed is neglible. I like SATA simply because having that tiny 7wire cable is way better than having a huge, stubborn 80wire IDE cable.
While on this subject, are all SATA drives compatable with SATA Gen2 mobos? What I mean is, if I were to plug in the SATA hdd I have right now on my Abit NF7-S2 into my DFI LANParty NF4 Ultra-D mobo (with nForce 4, that supports SATA 300mb), would this hdd be running at the 300 or just the 150? |
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02-06-2005, 03:46 AM
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It won't run any faster than the drive's rating. It's like putting an ATA 66 drive on an ATA 133 controller - it runs at ATA 66.
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02-06-2005, 12:39 PM
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http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-350&depa=1
is that n e good |
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02-06-2005, 12:44 PM
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It is good, but for a couple more dollars you can double the HDD space if you buy this one at 98 bucks.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-152&depa=1 |
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02-06-2005, 01:34 PM
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its oem thought
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02-06-2005, 01:58 PM
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OEM is fine - what do you need besides the drive? It has a full warranty.
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02-07-2005, 03:11 AM
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but then they dont came with the wires i think or someone told me that.
what is oem anyways is it like refeberished stuff or tooken back stuff |
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02-07-2005, 03:23 AM
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All the cables you need come with your motherboard.
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02-07-2005, 10:07 AM
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02-07-2005, 01:55 PM
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o cool thanks for the help
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