SATA or IDE?

[Astu222]

for my next build i've got pretty much everything except for the HDD. right now I have an 80gb IDE drive and its working good but are the SATA drives better? are their any disadvantages to having one rather than an IDE? I have no intentions of doing a RAID array so thats not a factor.

 

[Sureshot324]

Just use your ide drive. You won't get any noticable performance imporvement by going Sata.

 

[imported_TimJ]

If you can afford it you might want to pick up a SATA WD Raptor. A bit pricey, but fast. Otherwise, upgrading to SATA over IDE won't benefit you much.

 

[LordPhoenix]

Use your IDE.

 

[Astu222]

well i cant use 'this' IDE drive because this will become my mothers computer. but I will go with an IDE drive instead of a SATA. thanks

 

[KoolDrew]

If it will be fore a new build then go for SATA as it is not much more expesnive at all.

 

[imported_TimJ]

Yeah, if you're getting a new drive definitely go with SATA.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Originally posted by: TimJ
Yeah, if you're getting a new drive definitely go with SATA.

:thumbsup:

 

[wickedone]

I would say wait a few for the new NF4 and get a SATA II drive , I dont now if there are any test on the new SAta 2 drives but they sound impresive. Another plus is better air flow since the cabels are much smaller than IDE , it wil lgive you better cooling to a point.