New comp for friend...SATA or not?

[JoPalm]

I'm putting together a new computer for a friend and I've been looking around forums and reviews. I was originally going to go with the following setup for him:

Barton 2500+
Asus A7N8X-X
WD 80GB 8MB cache ATA
Maxtor 40GB 2MB cache (from existing computer)
Radeon 9600 Pro
512MB PC3200
LiteOn DVD/CDRW
Antec True330

But now I'm thinking if I should either get a mobo that supports SATA so later on he can put one in there or if I should just go straight and get a SATA drive and stick it in there w/ a diff mobo also. Thoughts? Are they really that much faster? I see a lot of companies like falcon, polywell, alienware using SATA drives and a lot of you here also...suggestions and thoughts would be good!

 

[MangoTBG]

"not"



No need to. If he feels the need then he can upgrade "later" by getting a SATA Raid card, or upgrading the mobo, in general.

 

[randomlinh]

unless the board has native sata (not just a 3rd party chip) it will be a pain to do an install of windows w/o a floppy drive. that and it's not worth it unless you're strapped for ide channels... or you're buying him a new raptor

 

[Ionizer86]

Buy for today. Don't buy for later. SATA drives are more expensive, they cost more, and in the case of the Seagate, they're louder.

 

[JoPalm]

Ok forget the sata then . Thanks guys. Do you think the A7N8X-X is a good motherboard? The 2500+ should be an alright cpu too right?

 

[SuPrEIVIE]

look in to the shuttle an35n-ultra also it does not contain sata or firewire and its only 65$ at zipzoomfly!

 

[silverpig]

I just put together a new system myself using similar hardware to what you have listed. I went SATA and a deluxe board. I love the speed (raptor + 120 GB drive).

The 2500+ is a great cpu. Mine overclocked to 3200+ speeds at 1.70 V (from 1.60 stock) with absolutely no problems at all.

 

[Atlantean]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Buy for today. Don't buy for later. SATA drives are more expensive, they cost more, and in the case of the Seagate, they're louder.

I wish people had told me that damn it... stupid drive makes noise and its annoying as hell. The last one I had from them was silent as a dog whistle.

 

[JoPalm]

silverpig, is that a rapter plus an additional 120gig drive? So if that is true I'm guessing your raptor is your OS drive and programs etc...

 

[mrweirdo]

Originally posted by: MangoTBG
"not"



If he feels the need then he can upgrade "later" by getting a SATA Raid card, or upgrading the mobo, in general.

You would want to upgrade the motherboard then later because if you went with a card you would have a bottleneck in the pci bus at its slow 66mhz wich is slower then even pata drives.