Are SATA Hard drives 30$ better than ATA?

[PrayForDeath]

Originally posted by: aten
do you think the type of processor will afect the hard disk speed

Probably yes if you're using IDE Raid 0, based on what BigPete said.

 

[ribbon13]

If it's the exact same drive... and you want SATA, get the cheaper one and one of these. I put these on my opticals so I can use SATA cables since rounded ATA cables prices are bullshitake.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-998-001&depa=0

 

[Infohawk]

What does ncq do?

 

[ribbon13]

Native/Tagged command queueing.

 

[ribbon13]

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/Native_Command_Queuing.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/TCQ.html

 

[Infohawk]

How much does ncq support everyday performance? I'm getting a mobo that doesn't support it. Should I be concerned about it?

 

[ribbon13]

For me, it's night and day. For the average surfer/gamer it's no big deal.

 

[SunSamurai]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek

Originally posted by: aeternitas
Would people ignore the interface already? Look at the HARD DRIVE. Trust that no company is going to limit their drive due to a limited interface. Sheesh.

What in the world are you talking about.

gggplaya i HIGHLY doubt that statement is true unless your old HDD, was 5400RPM, could only run in PIO mode, and had 2mb cache.

-Kevin

I used small words for you.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: aeternitas

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek

Originally posted by: aeternitas
Would people ignore the interface already? Look at the HARD DRIVE. Trust that no company is going to limit their drive due to a limited interface. Sheesh.

What in the world are you talking about.

gggplaya i HIGHLY doubt that statement is true unless your old HDD, was 5400RPM, could only run in PIO mode, and had 2mb cache.

-Kevin

I used small words for you.

Just keep trolling noob!

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=42&threadid=1505718&enterthread=y

-Kevin

 

[PascalT]

Personally I am going SATA with my new HDs. I *hatE* the messy IDE cables, i just like the clean SATA ones.

 

[stewrt]

I've had so many problems lately using Sata and ATA drives together. If I was You I would just go look for a good ATA drive. 7200 rpm.... Good luck

 

[PascalT]

Yea, I was wondering about that. I have 2 IDE Drives on 1 channel and plan on using a SATA drive/dvd writer on the other channel. Will it cause problems?

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: stewrt
I've had so many problems lately using Sata and ATA drives together. If I was You I would just go look for a good ATA drive. 7200 rpm.... Good luck

What kind of problems? I run 2 SATA HDs and 4 ATA drives and have no problems. I also have an IDE DVD/CDRw drive and an IDE DVD burner. No issues at all.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Got this
Thank you for your answers 🙂