Whats PATA?

[ver00]

What exactly is PATA and whats the difference between like SATA and ATA and all the others.

 

[The Internal]

parallell ATA is the older standard for connecting hard drives, optical drives, and a few other things. Serial ATA is the newer standard that allows for faster data transfer over a much smaller cable. It's also hot swappable from what I recall. you want Serial ATA... it's your friend. Someone who has more time and energy is welcome to elaborate further. IF you see someone say ATA-133, IDE, or EIDE, they are talking about Parallell ATA. Unless you see an "S" in front of the ATA, it ain't the new fandangled technology.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: ver00
What is the difference between like SATA and ATA.

>> Here's the difference <<

 

[Chaotic42]

This may help, even though it is woefully out of date.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

SATA is theoretically faster but right now the hard drive's can't use all the bandwith so the performance won't be noticable right now but the smaller cable is nice.