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11-10-2003, 12:34 AM
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SATA Newbie
I was wondering if it is worth it to go for the SATA HD. Are there any out there that are smaller than 80GB? I have a SATA converter or whatever the hell the thing is, and was wondering if that will give the same performance(150mb/s) on an ATA 133 HD? And...lastly can you recommend a good SATA HD?
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11-10-2003, 12:41 AM
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There are no 7200 rpm sata drives under 80 GB that I know about. The 10000 rpm Western Digital Raptor drive is 36 GB, but you pay for the speed, not the capacity. I have one, and I'm extremely satisfied with it.
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11-10-2003, 08:51 AM
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If you have to use a converter, it's not worth it. SATA only runs full speed on motherboards that have integrated controllers, if you have to use a PCI card it's limited to ATA 133 due to the PCI bus.
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