IDE Ultra ATA100 & SATA

[mangosbajitos]

Hi guys..I have a question. I bought a 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive, but I was looking for a SATA hard drive since my mobo supports SATA. Will I see a big difference if I buy a 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive? Sry for my n00bness in the subject, Id appreciate the help.

Thanks

 

[wolluf]

Not a big difference - the SATA should be a bit quicker - depends on your use of machine if you'll notice (I don't).

 

[rvnguy]

mangosbajitos,

I echo wolluf's post.

If you check the specifications you will notice that the max speed is only attained in burst rate tests. Actual read & write speeds are so close making actually observing a difference in normal use close to impossible.

rvnguy
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[garebo]

I've read that argument here a few times already and it always ends up that there is little difference between ultra 100 drives and sata drives.

I wonder, though, is there any data about wether sata is more stable than pata?


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[wolluf]

Garebo

I wonder, though, is there any data about wether sata is more stable than pata?

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[cdogg]

One thing you get with second generation SATA drives (not SATA II which is different), is NCQ (Native Command Queueing).

You can google to learn more, but basically, this gives quite a bit of a boost when running multiple applications/processes that are accessing the hard drive at the same time (such as at bootup).

The main advantage of going with SATA over ATA/100 IDE, however, is the when you decide to go with a RAID array. The extra headroom that SATA gives you can actually go a long way when using high-performance drives.


But in the end, as most others will tell you, there's not a huge difference. We're still only talking about a 5-10% difference when going with the feature and high-performance drive I mentioned. To most users, SATA is a marketing scheme and there's no real reason to pick it over ATA/100.

~cdogg
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