Sata hard drive

[1pyro]

Can I use a serial ATA hard drive (only have one) and benefit from its ability as opposed to a non SATA hard drive? Can I still benefit using it in "serial mode" or do I need two of these drives to benefit from its speed? I'm confused on this issue and hope somebody can help me out. Yes, my motherboard can support it.

Thanks, Pyro

 

[tweeve2002]

yes you can see a small diffrence with using a single SATA drive.

 

[AristoV300]

If you are using a board that native serial support then you should see a difference especially if you get a 10k raptor. I guess you are referring to RAID 0 for adding a second one for speed, yes you would get increase in performance. The other reason I like SATA is the smaller cables add in better case air flow.