Ide and sata

[sonicanvil]

i am building a computer for audio editing and sound design.
should my main drive (programs) be IDE and my storage drives be SATA?
what are the advantages/disadvantages?
is speed affected?
computer:
mobo:Abit NF8-V
processer: AMD A64 3000+
video card: PNY dual vga GeForce FX5500
memory:Geil 1gb pc 3200 GE1gb3200bsc(2)
dvd drives: NEC ND-3540A
case: akida computer atx rackcase with dual fan 420 watt psu
MODEL: CWT-420ATX-12V (MAX 420W)
VIC ~ INPUT VDC MAX DC OUTPUT
VOLTAGE 115/230 +3.3 +5 +12
28A 40A 18A
CURRENT 10A/5A -12 -5 +5SB
1.0A 1.0A 3.0A
FREQUENCY 60/50Hz BLK GRN GRY
COM P-ON PG
monitor:hyundai imaequest b70A 17" TFT lcd(2)
hope this is enough info.
any help would be appreciated.
i have bought everything except the drives.
planning on using seagate HDD.

[Kov-Ice]

Welcome to PCMech. I would recommend the opposite. The faster transfer rates of SATA would benenfit you more as your main drive. You would be accessing the programs more often, so there may be some (although hard to notice) increase in performance. Use the cheaper IDE drives (with 8MB buffer at least) as your storage drives.

I'm a fan of Maxtor and Western Digital. Whatever you get, look at the warranty. Some are being sold with 3 and even 5 year warranties on them. Some may have only a 1 year warranty. Good luck.

[kram 2.0]

Welcome to PC Mech forums

I'd say there is so little speed difference between the two that you'd be fine either way.

kram

[sonicanvil]

so the most efficient way to set up my HDD would be for example a 80gb sata drive for my main drive and two 200/250gb ide drives for storage?

[sonicanvil]

Originally Posted by kram8806 Welcome to PC Mech forums I'd say there is so little speed difference between the two that you'd be fine either way. kram

so does the added expense really matter?
am i better off all IDE?

[Kov-Ice]

It is a small difference, but the transfer rate is a bit faster with SATA. With as often as your editing programs will be accessing info, it will make a slight difference in the long run. As I said tho, it won't be a difference you'll readily notice. What you have described is how I set up both of my workstations.

[sonicanvil]

sorry for the delay.
what do you use your workstations for?
anyone else have any input?
or should i start a new thread?

[Cricket]

IDE is older technology.

SATA is newer technology.

Since this is a new build why not use SATA for both drives?

No, don't start a new thread.

Cricket

[sonicanvil]

in answer to your question(and i am feeling really new)
i did not know i could go all sata and use one drive for os/programs. even after reading spyder003 help guide i just did not get it.
so now i have bought an 80gb sata drive and a 250gb ide drive.
so i need to know if an all sata system is faster/more efficient than the combination of ide and sata.
cause if it is i'll sell the 250gb ide and replace it with a sata. and my third dive will be sata.
need more input

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by sonicanvil so i need to know if an all sata system is faster/more efficient than the combination of ide and sata.

No, all SATA, all IDE or a combination of both will all perform about the same. Any difference in performance won't be noticeable.

Originally Posted by sonicanvil cause if it is i'll sell the 250gb ide and replace it with a sata. and my third dive will be sata.

Just use the drives you already have. Performance of your computer will be fine.

Cricket

[sonicanvil]

thank you for setting it straight.
i can go forth and build with confidence.

[Kov-Ice]

Yes, you are good to go. It's more expensive per GB to purchase a SATA drive anyway, so IDE is good cheap storage. Let us know how your build goes. Good luck.