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ata sata ide fu*** me which one !!!
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etnarama
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Posted : Oct 30, 2007 19:48
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orange
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Posted : Oct 30, 2007 19:57
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etnarama
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etnarama
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Tomos
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Posted : Oct 30, 2007 20:32
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There are only 2 types of connector (ignoring SCSI interfaces)
ATA (Also known as PATA, Parallel-ATA, IDE)
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SATA (Serial-ATA)
SATA is a faster interface, but since hard drives don't reach the sustained throughput to saturate the interdace - I haven't noticed any difference. The plugs are nicer though, so go for that 
Most motherboards after 2 years ago have a SATA port and all have at least 1 IDE.
SATA don't have jumpers, you configure the boot drive in the BIOS. Makes it much easier.
Otherwise, on a PATA drive, set your main (boot)drive to Master. On the second drive, set this one to slave mode (usually in my experience, this means removing all the jumpers, but check on the disk itself as there is usually a chart)
To see if your motherboard has SATA, it's usually a brightly coloured L shaped lego block.
http://img.ezguide.co.kr/spec_img/boa/GA-81PE1000MK-SATA-Port-O.jpg
For audio, pick a hard drive that runs at 7000rpm or faster. Recommend Western Digital or Seagate. But that's my opinion as I work in the world of computers and get to see a lot of dead PCs.
Oh, and finally, you can mix and match SATA with PATA, just use the boot settings in the bios to select your boot order. |
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Dharma Lab
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Posted : Oct 30, 2007 20:42
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Although SATA specs are better, Tomos is right that you don't reach those limits...in most cases you aren't reaching PATA/IDE limits either. The truth is, I've had SATA drives perform worse that IDE before. It often comes down to chipsets used on mobo & the drive. Unless you can find specific reviews for your mobo, bios version, the drive in question, your power supply, & the other devices you have, it really can be a bit of a crap shoot.
The reality is that most drives will perform well in most setups. I've spent hours of drive tweaking, often with very negligable gains, so if it doesn't perform well out of the box, & you've updated the bios & firmware, then you might just want to try a different drive.
In any event, I would suggest the SATA, and I also 2nd recommendation for Western Digital.
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orange
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Posted : Oct 30, 2007 20:50
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Elad
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Posted : Oct 31, 2007 03:55
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SATA II
fastest newest technlogy..
why to go anything less
now this days all so cheap , for my first machine i payd X3 then best computer u can get today in reason limits
get even a 7200 rpm the usual is 5400 but also usualy Ok
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orange
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Glitch_CapeTown
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Posted : Oct 31, 2007 11:13
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makus
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Posted : Oct 31, 2007 16:42
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bwaaaaaaahahahah
yeah, sata 2 is cool. anyways the biggest positive argument for me is the connectors issue, where sata offers the most comfortable ones.
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Triamera
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Posted : Nov 3, 2007 22:47
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save some money build a RAID if not then sata2 for sure 
i think lacie external drives(d2 quadra) also comes with a esata connection along with firewire 400 & 800 
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