Will an IDE Hard Drive negate all my other parts

[dreadman]

Hey everyone. I'm basically 2 parts away from completing my new build.
But I'm seriously contemplating using one of my current IDE Hard Drives instead of shelling
out for a new SATA Drive.
Is the difference negligible or am I doing the other components an injustice?


The parts are as follows
Intel E8400
OCZ Vendetta 2
2 x 1GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066
Asus P5Q-E
MSI Radeon HD4870 OC 512MB (yet to buy)
Antex Signature 850W PSU

Any info from you knowledgeable folks would be most appreciated.

Thx
Dreadman

 

[Jeff7181]

Depends on the IDE drives you're talking about. If you're talking about an old 40 GB 2 MB cache 5400 RPM drive, then absolutely. If you're talking about a newer ATA100/133 7200 RPM drives with an 8 MB cache, there's not going to be a HUGE difference unless you step up to something like a newer 16 or 32 MB cache drive that uses high density platters or of course a Raptor.

 

[dreadman]

Thanks for the quick reply Jeff7181

This is the drive that I have at my disposal

http://www.seagate.com/support...ecs/ata/st380011a.html

 

[RebateMonger]

Seagate 7200.7 drives are about five years old and aren't THAT slow. But yeah, you could probably tell the difference in boot time or program startup versus a current SATA drive. If it was me, I'd get a newer drive for a new PC like that.

 

[California Roll]

You're building a pretty new system and wondering about using an 80GB pata HD?

Spend the extra $50-100 to buy a new sata one. You can use your old one as a backup/slave/external.

 

[dreadman]

Thanks guys.

I think it's a good idea to get a new drive.
Was just trying to save a bit for some other Christmas related expenses
because what costs $50-$100 for you runs me $500-$900 🙂