UltraATA133 - when is Seagate & IBM following

[Shuelessjo]

I was at my local CompUSA a few weks ago and saw a new Maxtor hard drive with an UltraATA133 HDD. But the problem for me is that I do not like Maxtor HDD, I would only buy Seagate or IBM HDDs. I want to know when or if Seagate and IBM are going to start making UltraATA133 HDDs?

Anybody have any clue?



Joseph

 

[Demonicon]

Well, the new IBM 120GXP is ATA/100 for some reason, I don't know why.
Seagate, no clue.


Just curious as to why you'd trust IBM over Maxtor, with the 75GXP debacle and all.

 

[Shuelessjo]

In general, me and my friends have had good luck with Seagate and IBM HDDs. We have had bad luck with Maxtor and WD HDDs.


Joseph

 

[oldfart]

ATA133 has no use at all except for support for very large HD's. IDE drives still aren't close to maxing out ATA66 in STR yet. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Alex]

exactly
theres virtually no performance increase in ata133 as the devices just dont use the extra bandwidth

 

[thorin]

Why do you want an ATA133 HD? What will it do for you that a ATA100 or ATA66 drive can't do?

Thorin

 

[Shuelessjo]

I just assumed that there would be a performance increase from ATA100 to ATA133?
The main uses I will have for my computer are FPS games, Photoshop and DV editing.


Joseph

 

[thorin]

"I just assumed that there would be a performance increase from ATA100 to ATA133? The main uses I will have for my computer are FPS games, Photoshop and DV editing."

Heh....there isn't even a noticable performance difference between ATA66 and ATA100.

The current best drive on the market (according to storagereview.com and popular opinion) only pushes ~42MB/Sec sustained. That doesn't even push the ATA66 spec let alone ATA100/ATA133.

Unless you need a drive over 137GB (128GB) then don't bother with ATA133 beyond drive capacity it's a marketing gimmick (don't be a 'average' consumer or corporate marketing pawn).

Thorin