Serial Ata

OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Another computer topic</div> I was browsing around hard drives, and the mother board I have picked out supports dual Serial ATA (SATA). Will I be able to run the following configurations with it:

One regular ATA drive and a SATA drive
One regular ATA drive with a SATA coverter and a SATA drive


I really don't know a whole lot about hard drives. I was looking to get a regular ATA drive, and grab a converter to SATA which places the price around $75 on New Egg, but theres normal SATA drives for $100, and I was wondering if it would be worth the money to upgrade to the normal SATA or just grab an adaptor.
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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    We should just make one huge "Get your computer problems answered" thread and sticky it...
    No offence though, it would just be more organized, and I tend to be an organization freak.
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  • TorgoTorgo Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11626Members
    Western Digital has the Raptor Special Edition SATA hard drives out. Even though they're small (35Gb or so) by today's standards, they're 10,000 rpm, and perform extrodinarily well. Plus, the SATA cables are light years easier to work with than stupid IDE.
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    Right now the performance increase is minimal (unless you get a 10,000 rpm raptor) but in the future they will increase in speed, of course you will need another SATA controller then, too.


    I'd just get an ATA Seagate, 120GB for $103 or so, or just go with the 75 dollar method.
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  • ApeApe Join Date: 2003-06-17 Member: 17448Members, Constellation
    404 is right on the money.

    The performance increase is negligible indeed. The 7200rpm drives simply don't spin fast enough to push through the amount of data the SATA bus can handle to give you a noticeable speed increase.

    SATA is a lot easier to physically work with though.
    ATA is a nice balance of performance/pricing for the time being I believe.
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  • AhnteisAhnteis teh Bob Join Date: 2002-10-02 Member: 1405Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Mmm. Get a raptor for you system / swap drive and put stuff that doesn't need fast access on another 'normal' drive.
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    Alright but would running a setup where I use a raptor for my OS then using a 7200 non SATA drive work? I'm harddrive illiterate as I said in my first post.
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  • AhnteisAhnteis teh Bob Join Date: 2002-10-02 Member: 1405Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    that should work just fine.
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    edited July 2003
    Alright after checking out prices I've decided SATA is outside my budget, and from what I hear there isn't a extreme performance increase, currently at least. Now I was wondering if I should bother going SCSI or not, but honestly I have 0 experience with SCSI, and I'm a little concerned that my own lack of experience might undermine the whole effort of makin my drives blazing fast.

    *Edit*

    Does cache size make an extreme difference in performance?
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