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real world performance differance between PATA and SATA??

Nope

But my SATA HD's are quietier then my EIDE Drives, and the cabling takes up less space (yes I was using round cables).
 
Heard that the Seagate Barracuda's were nice quiet drives, fell into peer preasure, took the plunge and have been really happy.
 
SATA and PATA have no inherent speed differences.

I like SATA because my 7200.7 SATA was on sale for less than the PATA equivalent. The smaller cables are definately a plus and well worth the extra few bucks, as well...
 
I bought a 200GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA drive and it gets chewed up and spat out by my old Cheetah 15k.3 on I/O-intensive work projects. Change one component in my system and double my task-completion times in exchange for 11x the storage capacity (at half the cost)... has its pros and cons, I guess. The SATA drive will be fine for video-capture storage as long as it doesn't fail prematurely, but I have no plans to kick the SCSI habit for boot, apps and heavy work. :evil:
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
I bought a 200GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA drive and it gets chewed up and spat out by my old Cheetah 15k.3 on I/O-intensive work projects. Change one component in my system and double my task-completion times in exchange for 11x the storage capacity (at half the cost)... has its pros and cons, I guess. The SATA drive will be fine for video-capture storage as long as it doesn't fail prematurely, but I have no plans to kick the SCSI habit for boot, apps and heavy work. :evil:
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Mech, now you've got me thinking. How would those SCSI babies perform against say, a Raptor?
 
Originally posted by: airfoil
Originally posted by: mechBgon
I bought a 200GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA drive and it gets chewed up and spat out by my old Cheetah 15k.3 on I/O-intensive work projects. Change one component in my system and double my task-completion times in exchange for 11x the storage capacity (at half the cost)... has its pros and cons, I guess. The SATA drive will be fine for video-capture storage as long as it doesn't fail prematurely, but I have no plans to kick the SCSI habit for boot, apps and heavy work. :evil:
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Mech, now you've got me thinking. How would those SCSI babies perform against say, a Raptor?
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I don't have any firsthand results on that faceoff, since I can't blow the price of a Raptor just for curiosity's sake. I'd expect the faster seek times on the Raptor to help it with the stuff I have in mind. How much, I dunno for sure.
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: airfoil
Originally posted by: mechBgon
I bought a 200GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA drive and it gets chewed up and spat out by my old Cheetah 15k.3 on I/O-intensive work projects. Change one component in my system and double my task-completion times in exchange for 11x the storage capacity (at half the cost)... has its pros and cons, I guess. The SATA drive will be fine for video-capture storage as long as it doesn't fail prematurely, but I have no plans to kick the SCSI habit for boot, apps and heavy work. :evil:
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Mech, now you've got me thinking. How would those SCSI babies perform against say, a Raptor?
Click to expand...
I don't have any firsthand results on that faceoff, since I can't blow the price of a Raptor just for curiosity's sake. I'd expect the faster seek times on the Raptor to help it with the stuff I have in mind. How much, I dunno for sure.
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15000rpm vs 10000rpm...15000 wins
 
I've got a good test for someone to try, but requires four very similar HD's (two SATA and two PATA.) Fill up a SATA and PATA with identical data, then image them to thier respectively similar brethen. (S to S; P to P) I haven't had the opportunity to compare this way in a single session, but the SATA's I've imaged seem to be faster. Could just be placebo affect.
 
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