computer hard drive???
Looking to buy a new hard drive. what is the difference between IDE and SATA? I don't know the which one I need
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in layman's term ide/eide take a wide ribbon, sata uses a very small cable, open it up and take a look see
now someone else will now post a long drawn out explanation0 -
You can also check the hardware manager if you don't feel like opening the case. 0 -
what does the 7200rpm mean besides the obvious? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by trc313
what does the 7200rpm mean besides the obvious?
7200 means a seek time of around 9ms vs 5400's 14+ms, i bought a 10,000 rpm wd raptor with a seek time of 3.5 ms, 7200 is the standard for desktops while 5400 is for notebooks
quote:You can also check the hardware manager if you don't feel like opening the case.
depends on the os, and is not always listed, i figured if he knew how to replace it he knows how to slide open the case0 -
thanks 1911a1fan 0 -
Sata would be best if your motherboard has the slots to use it. It is the newest. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by SW 357Mag
Sata would be best if your motherboard has the slots to use it. It is the newest.
by all means, sata has a transfer rate of 150 vs the ide rate of 100, even though some components where rated at 133 100 was the real max, and most mobo's can support up to 8 sata drives vs 4, and each with an independent interface, with the right hardware sata is almost unlimited0 -
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Just finished a new build, on it right now actually, with sata 3 Gbit 500Gb hardrive. Coupled with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz, slightly overclocked and 4 Gb of ram.......WOW[;)] Lightning fast entry into dual core technology.0 -
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Just finished a new build, on it right now actually, with sata 3 Gbit 500Gb hardrive. Coupled with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz, slightly overclocked and 4 Gb of ram.......WOW[;)] Lightning fast entry into dual core technology.
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here's mine
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=236974&SearchTerms=liquid,cooled0 -
Now I remember that system. Sweet!
I'm not that much of a hardcore gamer, I still play Diablo2: LOD over coffee on Sunday mornings with a couple other guys....LOL. The Asus mobo I threw in will handle 8 gig of 800 ram and either the Core2Duo, Core2 Extreme or Quad processor. I figure the price on the Extremes will come down in a year or so and I can just snap it in and go. I have 4 fans going, 2-80s & 2-120s, keeps temp at 28 idle and 42 under load. I definitely don't work it hard enough for liquid cooling.....yet.0 -
mine is a msi it will hold 8 gigs of 800 or 4 gigs of 1056 which is what i have in it now, and is 975 and will suport quad extreme, i have the wd {clear see through}raptor 10,000 rpm hd in and it smokes, a huge difference over a 7,400 rpm, i really don't play games my son plays wow on it, i bought a 22" lcd, with bose speakers, and a buttkicker in the chair, he loves it
liquid cooling is good it will extend the life of the cpu, but i don't feel comfortable leaving it on when i'm not around in case the pump should ever fail, i would switch it to a zalaman but i don't think it will fit in the case, right now with the ambient winter temp it don't reach 30c under a load, in summer it hits 34c, my only regret is the msi i bought several in the past, and had good luck, but there software accessories doesn't support a 64 bit os, next time it will be a asus, quad core, sli, in raid
the notebook i'm on now is core2duo as well, i swear by them, i'm ripping a movie on it as i type{lol}0 -
SATA is better and faster than ATA/IDE/EIDE (all the same) and the two are not interchangable. Check the connections on the mother board. The old ATA/IDE/EIDE uses the old 40 pin wide cable, while the SATA uses the narrow (15 pin, I think) cable for data transfer. 0 -
SATA HDs give the advantage of lower power requirements and stackability like USB drives. Up to 127 drives can be daisy chained on USB and SATA drives.
For the normal human there is NO advantage what so ever to a SATA drive!!!
Save the money, or spend the money, but get the EIDE. You get more for the same price!
Current user software and OS's are years behind the machines that are currently for sale.
It's a waste of technology. They are great on a laptop but mean nothing to a stationary desktop!0 -
quote:Originally posted by mutter
SATA HDs give the advantage of lower power requirements and stackability like USB drives. Up to 127 drives can be daisy chained on USB and SATA drives.
For the normal human there is NO advantage what so ever to a SATA drive!!!
Save the money, or spend the money, but get the EIDE. You get more for the same price!
Current user software and OS's are years behind the machines that are currently for sale.
It's a waste of technology. They are great on a laptop but mean nothing to a stationary desktop!
what do you get more of?
certainly not storage, and you couldn't be further from the truth with the rest of your statement, you must be running a p3 with ide win 98, and are refusing to advance, besides if you have a new computer you very well may have no choice on your drive interface, some new mobo's do not even have ide interface, while some only have 1
biggest advantage is speed, you know longer have to click on something and go make a sandwich waiting for it to load, the data transfer rate of sata aids in have multiple programs open running simultaneously, and virtual memory is unnoticeable, and sata is running about 20% cheaper0
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