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Is 7200 rpm SATA faster than 7200 rpm PATA

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imported_asfd

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Is this true? if yes, considering they are both 7200 rpm, why sata is faster ?
anyone can explain it a little? and any recommendation for QUIET sata around
120gb - 160gb? Thank you for any input.
 
No. The maximum speed of the SATA controller is higher but the disk drives are too slow for that to matter.

Some SATA drives are faster than some PATA drives, but it is because they are a newer design and have a more dense platter (so each time it spins, more info is read).

www.StorageReview.com and the Storage tab at the top of the page for articles.
 
sata just has much more bandwidth then pata. that is why it is becoming the new standard for hard drives. currently, in 7200rpm drives, sata offers no better performance then pata.
 
Actually they are slightly faster. SATA is a faster protocol than PATA. You probably won't feel the difference, but it's there so go with the SATA drive.

PATA will also be phased out soon.
 
not a bad idea to use sata if could spot a decent deal. any recommendation for a QUIET sata?
how about seagate sata? I really hate my WD pata, whcih starts whinning after one year normal usage.
Thank you all.
 
Originally posted by: coejus
Soon? That's highly unlikely. How many SATA optical drives do you see floating around?
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That's right, but you've only got room for 4 devices, and putting a HD on the same IDE channel with another device will hurt performance when they're both in use.

The only downside to SATA is that it's more expensive than PATA.
 
That's what I like about SATA, everything is a master on its own channel. I've seen way too many problems related to master/slave settings than I care to think about.

I like SATA, but the fact it, PATA isn't going to go away as quickly as we'd like.
 
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