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Crap! I messed up my order :\

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Pasadena

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I accidentaly ordered an IDE drive instead of a SATA one for my a64 machine, id hate to have to wait to exchange it (newegg), how much difference am i lookin at? noticable performance boost from IDE to S-ATA??? If there isnt much difference then ill just keep it, what do you guys suggest? Thanks


a64 3000+
MSI K8n
1 GB Corsair Value Ram
9800 Pro
 
Unless you are planning to get a 10kRPM "Raptor" drive, or to use RAID, I doubt you will see any performance improvement between IDE and SATA 7200RPM drives.
 
yeah I don't think the performance gain is that big of a deal at all... i think IDE is still easy and readily available... no S-ATA for me yet.. (i would consider a 10k raptor drive, but that's it)
 
Thanks for the info guys, i guess ill just hold on to it i start puttin it together after work! cant wait! thnx again.
 
You're better off with the PATA drive. XP Installation can be problematic onto an SATA drive. And, unless your talking about a WD Raptor, you'll probably get equal or better performance from the PATA drive.
 
My serial ATA hard drive worked fine in my XP pro system. I just plugged that sucker in and it worked like a charm. But I guess since I am using an asus 865PE board that helps.
 
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