SATA...worth it over IDE for gaming?

[tornadobox]

So I'm in the works of planning a new rig to build, and the motherboard I've selected has both IDE and SATA board connectors. This leaves me with the question, which type of hard drive should I use? SATA or IDE? the WD 120GB IDE is about $75, whereas the WD 120GB SATA is about $90...is the price difference worth it for gaming? Or should I sink the difference and a little more into a faster CPU or video card?

Thanks.

 

[Agamar]

Not enough of a difference, unless you get the 10k raptors like me : )

 

[Maximus96]

i have the 200gb SATA HD, can't tell any differences

 

[Machine350]

I would put the extra money towards cpu or vid card.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

there is ultimately no performance difference unless you get a 10K drive, but then you sacrifice storage space for speed. However such a drive would be $100 more than you are planning to spend so go with the $75 drive.

 

[gotensan01]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
there is ultimately no performance difference unless you get a 10K drive, but then you sacrifice storage space for speed. However such a drive would be $100 more than you are planning to spend so go with the $75 drive.

As I have just noticed with my raptor drive, you also sacrifice quietness...the raptors are loud as fudge when under load.

 

[Feep]

with 7200 rpm sata drives you are basically paying for a smaller cable.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Are both drives 8MB cache?

 

[Pollock]

SATA makes no difference because current hard drives (I don't think even 2x74GB Raptors in RAID0, doing a sustained transfer) simply can't use up all of the bandwidth of the PATA cable as it is.

 

[Algere]

Originally posted by: Machine350
I would put the extra money towards cpu or vid card.

 

[n7]

The only benefit is the nice cables.

So unless you are going for the Raptors or the SATA is the same price as the IDE drive...it's not worth it.

 

[CraigRT]

IDE is fine.. I just ordered some UV rounded IDE cables because I plan on keeping my IDE drives as they are perfectly fine.. Segate 7200.7 drives.

 

[SUOrangeman]

After a very unsicentific look at PriceWatch, the price differences between PATA and SATA hard drives is roughly no more than $20. As capacities increase, the differences drop to $10 and I think I saw one instance where a PATA drive was $1 more than an SATA drive.

Raptors aside, I don't think I would recommend any drives smaller than 200GB anymore, since drives of that size can be had for $100 or less. The price differences in that size range are around $10.

Unless you do not have a motherboard that doesn't already support SATA *OR* that extra $10/$20 means you can't eat that day, I fully recommend SATA.

-SUO

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: SUOrangeman
After a very unsicentific look at PriceWatch, the price differences between PATA and SATA hard drives is roughly no more than $20. As capacities increase, the differences drop to $10 and I think I saw one instance where a PATA drive was $1 more than an SATA drive.

Raptors aside, I don't think I would recommend any drives smaller than 200GB anymore, since drives of that size can be had for $100 or less. The price differences in that size range are around $10.

Unless you do not have a motherboard that doesn't already support SATA *OR* that extra $10/$20 means you can't eat that day, I fully recommend SATA.

-SUO

Right on the money.

Koing

 

[otispunkmeyer]

i got sata drives as here they are only £1-2 difference over IDE...so i thought why not have the newer (albeit no better) tech, nicer cables and and maybe a little bit of future proofing.....even tho IDE will be around for a while to come

 

[Insane3D]

Also, some of the next generation SATA 7200RPM's are coming with true SATAII support, including NCQ which may help in the future as more controllers support it. The newer Seagates and Maxtors are pretty nice drives...

 

[boyRacer]

nope. dual raptors here. no difference.

 

[imported_jediknight]

Originally posted by: SUOrangeman
After a very unsicentific look at PriceWatch, the price differences between PATA and SATA hard drives is roughly no more than $20. As capacities increase, the differences drop to $10 and I think I saw one instance where a PATA drive was $1 more than an SATA drive.

Raptors aside, I don't think I would recommend any drives smaller than 200GB anymore, since drives of that size can be had for $100 or less. The price differences in that size range are around $10.

Unless you do not have a motherboard that doesn't already support SATA *OR* that extra $10/$20 means you can't eat that day, I fully recommend SATA.

-SUO

Why SATA over PATA if you get no performance increase, and it costs more? Makes no sense to me..

 

[SUOrangeman]

Again, if you already have a SATA controller, really take a look to see if SATA drives are indeed priced higher than PATA models *for the size you want to buy*. Don't just assume that SATA is more expensive across the board.

Although there is little to no performance gain/loss on equivalent drives, the features inherent to SATA (and forthcoming generations of the standard) offer much more than what PATA ever will.

Point-to-point transmission
No more jumpers; no more "should I connect my DVD burner with on of my hard drives, or ..."
Daisy-chaining in future generations
(Perhaps) NCQ support on existing drives via firmware upgrade
...

-SUO

 

[dmw16]

I have a raptor and really didnt see the difference.

 

[carpenter]

No diff in performance, just a personal preferance thing.