S-ATA or IDE?
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What do you guys think? If I'm going to buy a new HD AND a controller card for it, should I go for S-ATA or for IDE? greetz ;-) *Niels Penneman*
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I've been using SATA for a few months now and my hair has been shiny and dandruff free.
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman blog.nonny.com [^]
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I've been using SATA for a few months now and my hair has been shiny and dandruff free.
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman blog.nonny.com [^]
Do not confuse SATA with SATAN.. ;) -- So let's just walk from place to place, as long as we don't talk face to face.
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What do you guys think? If I'm going to buy a new HD AND a controller card for it, should I go for S-ATA or for IDE? greetz ;-) *Niels Penneman*
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Get a 10k RPM SATA drive. WD Raptor Review If nothing else, the cables are thinner and allow more airflow inside the case.
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Do not confuse SATA with SATAN.. ;) -- So let's just walk from place to place, as long as we don't talk face to face.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: SATA Simple Audio Tape Attachment? Works great for me - I can get several KBytes on a cassette, though for serious backups I prefer 10" reel-to-reel. Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
you've just lost your turn..." [sigh] So true... -
What do you guys think? If I'm going to buy a new HD AND a controller card for it, should I go for S-ATA or for IDE? greetz ;-) *Niels Penneman*
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You will endup paying more for SATA drive, but you will get a better HD performance. On average you will pay about 10-15% for SATA drive over its ATA equivalent. As it was mentioned before on this forum, you should let your pocket guide you. You should choose a drive that will provide most of what you need for the money. Peter
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: SATA Simple Audio Tape Attachment? Works great for me - I can get several KBytes on a cassette, though for serious backups I prefer 10" reel-to-reel. Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
you've just lost your turn..." [sigh] So true...You used the punch cards to paper the walls then ? Elaine :rose: P.S. It's been on of those weeks, just discovered an electronic fault deep within the customers product so I have to tell them on Tuesday to start changing the pcbs, test fixtures.... so ignore my gibbering :rolleyes: The tigress is here :-D
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Get a 10k RPM SATA drive. WD Raptor Review If nothing else, the cables are thinner and allow more airflow inside the case.
Glenn Dawson wrote: the cables are thinner and allow more airflow inside the case. Good point, I had never thought of that. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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Get a 10k RPM SATA drive. WD Raptor Review If nothing else, the cables are thinner and allow more airflow inside the case.
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What do you guys think? If I'm going to buy a new HD AND a controller card for it, should I go for S-ATA or for IDE? greetz ;-) *Niels Penneman*
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Personally, if you are getting a S-ATA HDD like that WD Rapter, then go ahead. Else, most benchmarks shows that S-ATA HDD performs similar or slighly worst then their IDE counterparts. Not sure why. Unless you are a case mod or OC where the thickness of the cable and airflow will be a concern, you might be better off getting IDE since it is cheaper and perform relatively the same? just an opinion. :)
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You used the punch cards to paper the walls then ? Elaine :rose: P.S. It's been on of those weeks, just discovered an electronic fault deep within the customers product so I have to tell them on Tuesday to start changing the pcbs, test fixtures.... so ignore my gibbering :rolleyes: The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote: just discovered an electronic fault deep within the customers product Right, blame it on the hardware...;P Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
you've just lost your turn..." [sigh] So true...