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gigawatz · 11-07-2003, 09:38 AM

Last night my supervisor and I were talking about new motherboards and the A-Bit board he was looking into for his newest upgrade. One of the features was SATA and SATA RAID (0,1). Unfortunately in the last year or so, I've gotten really far out of the loop of cutting edge new hardware. So I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with this new type of HDD.

When comparing the new HDD prices between ATA and SATA, the prices were very similar for similar performing specs. So what are the perks / cons of this new technology.

Thanks in advance.

Gigawatz

rocinante2003 · 11-07-2003, 10:56 AM

Performance wise, I cant really tell the difference between SATA and ATA drives. The cables are a lot easier to work with, take up less room, so air flows better in the case. The performance technically is better on SATA, but its not night and day.

I hope this helps a little

Latch · 11-07-2003, 03:46 PM

Another thread on SATA:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...highlight=SATA

Renegade · 11-07-2003, 07:28 PM

Cool, I was also wondering about this. Anyone heard any rumblings about anything faster? I'm waiting for the new AMDs to become a bit more reasonably priced so might as well get a faster HD too...

gigawatz · 11-08-2003, 05:24 AM

Guys, rocinante2003 and Latch, thanks for the input and the link. You've helped me both understand what SATA is and how it is going to make a huge difference in the HDD world to come.

11-07-2003, 09:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
gigawatz Crazy Location: Pittsburgh	SATA Last night my supervisor and I were talking about new motherboards and the A-Bit board he was looking into for his newest upgrade. One of the features was SATA and SATA RAID (0,1). Unfortunately in the last year or so, I've gotten really far out of the loop of cutting edge new hardware. So I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with this new type of HDD. When comparing the new HDD prices between ATA and SATA, the prices were very similar for similar performing specs. So what are the perks / cons of this new technology. Thanks in advance. Gigawatz

11-07-2003, 10:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
rocinante2003 Insane Location: Dallas	Performance wise, I cant really tell the difference between SATA and ATA drives. The cables are a lot easier to work with, take up less room, so air flows better in the case. The performance technically is better on SATA, but its not night and day. I hope this helps a little

11-07-2003, 03:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Another thread on SATA: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...highlight=SATA

11-07-2003, 07:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
Renegade Crazy Location: Midwest	Cool, I was also wondering about this. Anyone heard any rumblings about anything faster? I'm waiting for the new AMDs to become a bit more reasonably priced so might as well get a faster HD too...

11-08-2003, 05:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
gigawatz Crazy Location: Pittsburgh	Guys, rocinante2003 and Latch, thanks for the input and the link. You've helped me both understand what SATA is and how it is going to make a huge difference in the HDD world to come.