new here needs help

[ThePCmanWAnnaB]

hi.
THIS IS MY Q?
I AM PUTTING A PC TOGETHER AND THESE ARE THE PARTS SO FAR:
P4 3.4G LGA 775 CPU
ASUS P5P800 MOTHERBOARD
ATI RADEON 9600PRO 256MB
2X 1GB PC3200
NOW ...I HAVE NOT IDEA WHAT HD TO USE...IDE..ATA...OR SATA AS YOU CAN SEE I DONT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM....I HEARD THAT SATA DRIVES HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS WHEN YOU INSTALL THEM OR INSTALL WINXP...CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? WHAT PERFORMANCE WOULD I GET OUT OF A SATA DRIVE THAT I CANNOT GET OF A IDE?
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HELP.


sorry about my cap letters i did not mean any harm...will fix on my next post.

 

[mechBgon]

Hey newbie 🙂 Whooops, let's use this thread instead of the one in Tech Support, there's more beer in this one :Q

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😀


Anyway, I was thinking:

1) Athlon64 = better gaming CPU

2) more video card would be good

3) ATA/100 or ATA/133, also known as PATA ("Parallel ATA"), would be the guaranteed simplest for a new builder

 

[ThePCmanWAnnaB]

i was told to post my question here by a moderator

 

[mechBgon]

Righto 🙂 Will it be your first computer build? Have you done some upgrading like adding/replacing cards and drives before?

 

[S0Y73NTGR33N]

SATA isn't terribly hard.. especially if you ask people around here how to use it with a new install of windows. press f6.. have a disk basically.. not rocket science. 🙂

-green

 

[mechBgon]

With a P5P800, it could be a little trickier than that in some scenarios 🙂 Enhanced mode, legacy mode, RAID on, RAID disabled... oh yes Precious. Here's a snip of the rigamarole from an analogous Abit:

but where i think the main problem was - was in the bios settings - here are the settings that worked for me (this one is without raid - im waiting on a second disk to set up the raid):

note - these are from memory (and from your other thread) - i dont have the box in front of me atm:

Under Integrated Peripherals -> OnChip IDE Device:
IDE Bus Master - Enabled
OnChip Serial ATA - enhanced
OnChip Serial ATA Mode - ide
SATA RAID ROM - Enabled

Advanced BIOS Features:
Hard Disk Boot Priority - 1. Bootable Add-in Device
Bootable Add-in Device - Onboard sata
Boot Other Device - Enabled

Fun. 🙂 I think the Asus will work with out-of-the-box settings if he gets the cable on the right plug, and uses the right driver floppy (if it needs one), but PATA is the safe bet for a newbie.

 

[ThePCmanWAnnaB]

yes i have...i am very technical...i am a fire alarm tech and i use tools like screw drivers,cutters and voltimeter all day long.i am not planning of using the pc for gaming..it is just for internet ,ebay,picture storage,etc.but i really want a relative fast pc without expending a lot of money.so is the ata133 connection just like a regular ide drive?

 

[imported_jzimo]

so is the ata133 connection just like a regular ide drive?

correct!

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Yo.

Edit the post with this...

Hi.

This is my question.
I am putting a pc together and these are the parts so far:

[*]P4 3.4G LGA 775 CPU
[*]ASUS P5P800 MOTHERBOARD
[*]ATI RADEON 9600 PRO 256MB
[*]1GB (2x) PC3200

Now I have no idea what HD to use...

IDE ATA or SATA, as you can see and I don't know the difference between them.
I heard that SATA drives have a few problems when you install them.
Can anyone explain this to me?
Would the performance be worth it to upgrade to SATA?