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nforce and ATA133

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Xanager

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I'm about to get a MSI K7N420, and was going to get a Maxtor D740X, which runs at ATA133. In the manual for the mobo it says Ultra DMA 33/66/100 controller. This means I wouldn't benefit from getting the Maxtor, right? What if I got a Promise 133 controller card? Is there any mobo out that supports 133 right now? And finally, cna you really tell that much of a difference?
 


<< This means I wouldn't benefit from getting the Maxtor, right? >>



You wouldn't benefit as opposed to an ATA 100 drive, but it's still going to be fast.



<< What if I got a Promise 133 controller card? >>



This would allow you to use it at 133 speeds, but there have been issues booting off of a controller card as opposed to onboard IDE.



<< Is there any mobo out that supports 133 right now >>



The Abit KR7A-Raid has support for four 133 devices in addition to onboard IDE due to it's Raid chip. Same story with the IWill XP333-R, but overall, the Abit is a better performance/value board.



<< And finally, cna you really tell that much of a difference? >>



In benchmarking, yes. In real world performance, it depends what you do, but most likely no.
 
Well I don't know about the Nforce but I use a ultra 133 card on a 8KHA+ and a A7V133 non raid with no problems on booting
 
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