Is ATA-133 faster than ATA-100???

[RazorWind]

I'm planning on getting the Maxtor DiamondPlus D740X which ATA-133 support. Should I bother getting a chipset that supports it or I won't see any difference from ATA-100??

 

[j@cko]

Theoratically, yes, ATA133 is faster than ATA100.
Realistically, no, due to the fact that most of the buffers on today's HDDs are the limitation.

 

[John]

Right now you will not see any noticable performance difference. However it never hurts to get a nice motherboard with ata133 raid support.

 

[neuralfx]

well if the drives even supported that much of an STR .. do the drives even support a burst rate that high?

I believe the main benefit and reason for the release of ATA-133 is to allow for drive capacities larger than 128GB which wasn't possible with the ATA-100 spec .. as far as I know ..
-neural

 

[sean2002]

Right now the fastest IDE drive can transfer at the best 50-55MB/sec, so ata-133 is really useless unless you have a 4 drive raid array

 

[Freak2]

If all goes well, slightly. But even so, a common pitfalll is that people forget to get ATA-133 cables.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

don't forget the ata-133 screw to mount the hd!!!

 

[Accord99]

<< well if the drives even supported that much of an STR .. do the drives even support a burst rate that high?

I believe the main benefit and reason for the release of ATA-133 is to allow for drive capacities larger than 128GB which wasn't possible with the ATA-100 spec .. as far as I know ..
-neural >>



ATA100 motherboards can support >128GiB hard drives with the proper BIOS support. For example, a recent beta bios for the CUSL2 by Asus now offers support for extra large hard drives.

 

[Budman]

<< If all goes well, slightly. But even so, a common pitfalll is that people forget to get ATA-133 cables. >>



ATA66/100/133 are the same cable,you dont need a special ata133 cable.

 

[maker]

<<

<< well if the drives even supported that much of an STR .. do the drives even support a burst rate that high?

I believe the main benefit and reason for the release of ATA-133 is to allow for drive capacities larger than 128GB which wasn't possible with the ATA-100 spec .. as far as I know ..
-neural >>



ATA100 motherboards can support >128GiB hard drives with the proper BIOS support. For example, a recent beta bios for the CUSL2 by Asus now offers support for extra large hard drives. >>


well actually it is 137GB that is the limit for ATA100
look what maxtor has to say about that

 

[Derango]

<< Right now the fastest IDE drive can transfer at the best 50-55MB/sec, so ata-133 is really useless unless you have a 4 drive raid array >>



Actually, some drives can transfer from the cache at a much higher data rate than that, although its not that noticable, depending on what applications you use...It still dosen't hit anywhere near what ATA100 provides, let alone ATA133

 

[oldfart]

<< don't forget the ata-133 screw to mount the hd!!! >>

 

[DamienV]

<< don't forget the ata-133 screw to mount the hd!!! >>

what do you mean by ata133 screws? aren't the screws just some normal screws? I thought that all an hd required was to be screwed real thigh (not to be taken as "fu**ed real tight" ) so that there are no vibrations!

DamienV

 

[Viper GTS]

<< << don't forget the ata-133 screw to mount the hd!!! >>

what do you mean by ata133 screws? aren't the screws just some normal screws? I thought that all an hd required was to be screwed real thigh (not to be taken as "fu**ed real tight" ) so that there are no vibrations!

DamienV >>



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[DamienV]

lol!!! hey man, im sorry !!... english isnt my primary language, portuguese is! dont try to tell me a joke in english! you'd get a better reaction from a door!!