IDE or SATA?

[-0MEGA-] · 09-29-2005, 12:38 PM

Since i fried my last 200gb sata hard drvie (a very bad overclock in the cpu section), i need to buy a new one. Although this time i was debating between a sata and ide, i know sata is faster and stuff, but if i got an IDE then i can overclock alot more without the drives freezing up.. so what do you think?

Trizoy · 09-29-2005, 12:56 PM

What does your motherboard accept? Do you mind buying a new motherboard?

[-0MEGA-] · 09-29-2005, 01:06 PM

my motherboard has 2x sata 150's, and 2x ide, i bought this mobo around a month ago and i cant spend money on a new hard drive and a new motherboard. and i really want to use my comp this weekend, so what do you think i should get?

Trizoy · 09-29-2005, 01:16 PM

Well I know with my hd I have to use only SATA drives... If you have used an ide prior on this hd.. then we can assume that ide is ok with yours... But I have SATA drives, they havent failed yet, They dont seem to be any greater, (other than speeds which I dont notice). The only difference is the price of the SATA (little more expensive..) But IF they were the same price, I would go with the SATA.. if the difference is not to much different.. go with the SATA.. Is price that important?

Xycron · 09-29-2005, 05:54 PM

He was debating because he can OC more with the IDE.

MatrixEVO · 10-03-2005, 02:22 AM

He went ahead and got the IDE, and can overclock more now, but his HDD performance dropped because of the downgrade from SATA to IDE. I don't overclock alot so I am sticking with my SATAII HDD.

[-0MEGA-] · 10-03-2005, 02:48 AM

since games dont require much HDD usage, it worked out much better for me, but ya, i did go with a 120GB IDE w/ 8MB cache.

X24 · 10-03-2005, 02:50 AM

WTH? whats with u two and like knowing alot about each other there?

anyway, i woulda went with sata since u'd then have more optical drive options since they are mainly ide

[-0MEGA-] · 10-03-2005, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X24

WTH? whats with u two and like knowing alot about each other there?

anyway, i woulda went with sata since u'd then have more optical drive options since they are mainly ide

i could have bought a PCI SATA controller, but dont know how much that would have costs, since i cant use sata on my mobo since i can only go to 226mhz fsb.

X24 · 10-03-2005, 02:56 AM

? i don't get this fsb sata thing here.....whats it have to do with each other?

09-29-2005, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	IDE or SATA? Since i fried my last 200gb sata hard drvie (a very bad overclock in the cpu section), i need to buy a new one. Although this time i was debating between a sata and ide, i know sata is faster and stuff, but if i got an IDE then i can overclock alot more without the drives freezing up.. so what do you think? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

09-29-2005, 12:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,650	What does your motherboard accept? Do you mind buying a new motherboard? __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

09-29-2005, 01:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	my motherboard has 2x sata 150's, and 2x ide, i bought this mobo around a month ago and i cant spend money on a new hard drive and a new motherboard. and i really want to use my comp this weekend, so what do you think i should get? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

09-29-2005, 01:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,650	Well I know with my hd I have to use only SATA drives... If you have used an ide prior on this hd.. then we can assume that ide is ok with yours... But I have SATA drives, they havent failed yet, They dont seem to be any greater, (other than speeds which I dont notice). The only difference is the price of the SATA (little more expensive..) But IF they were the same price, I would go with the SATA.. if the difference is not to much different.. go with the SATA.. Is price that important? __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

10-03-2005, 02:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
MatrixEVO Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Age: 20 Posts: 1,354	He went ahead and got the IDE, and can overclock more now, but his HDD performance dropped because of the downgrade from SATA to IDE. I don't overclock alot so I am sticking with my SATAII HDD. __________________ I don't own a computer! It's great! I don't waste lots of time anymore!

09-29-2005, 05:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	He was debating because he can OC more with the IDE.

10-03-2005, 02:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	since games dont require much HDD usage, it worked out much better for me, but ya, i did go with a 120GB IDE w/ 8MB cache. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

10-03-2005, 02:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
X24 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 955	WTH? whats with u two and like knowing alot about each other there? anyway, i woulda went with sata since u'd then have more optical drive options since they are mainly ide __________________ AMD 4200+ X2 Foxconn A7GM-S 2gb Wintec AMPX+2gb OCZ gold 80gb windows+320gb storage Nvidia 8800GT Coolermax cr-550 19"WS Hanns-G lcd

10-03-2005, 02:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
X24 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 955	? i don't get this fsb sata thing here.....whats it have to do with each other? __________________ AMD 4200+ X2 Foxconn A7GM-S 2gb Wintec AMPX+2gb OCZ gold 80gb windows+320gb storage Nvidia 8800GT Coolermax cr-550 19"WS Hanns-G lcd

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