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01-23-2006, 05:11 PM
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Newbie hard drive question
Okay, I am wanting to get a 300gig hd. I don't know the difference between SATA, EIDE and RAID. I use EIDE now, but do I want to go to SATA? If so, is it RAID configuration or something entirly different? I only want to buy one drive so I can partition 20 gig off it for windows and the rest for storage, but I want 16mb cache...I think
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01-23-2006, 05:24 PM
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you should buy SATA as it is faster than EIDE, also RAID wont be available to you as you are only using one drive, i think. and the performance boost of raid is not that great so it is not worth buying 2 or more drives. also make sure your motherboard supports SATA. and yes a 16MB cache would be the best to go for.
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01-23-2006, 05:47 PM
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So basically, SATA is just a newer form of cable making it faster? Kind of like Optical versus RCA? My m/b has two SATA cables on it, plus it came with two cables. Maybe this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144015
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01-23-2006, 05:53 PM
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If you have SATA II get that one, if you have SATA 150, then theres no point in spending more if your not going to benefit from it.
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01-23-2006, 06:10 PM
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The specs on my m/b only say SATA, nothing about II or 150. Any idea how I can tell?
Storage 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33, 2 x Serial ATA with RAID 0, 1 function. Correction: maybe this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144186 At the same time, I see 133 in my specs, but this is a ATA150.... Gotta learn somehow
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yea that one shoudl be good, if it only says Serial ATA im goign to say it means SATA 1.
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That hard drive looks like a very nice one.
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01-23-2006, 07:10 PM
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Cool, thanks guys. I'll go for that one then
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awesome man hope u like it.
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01-26-2006, 02:34 AM
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Now im debating between 2 hard drives:
Western Digital SATAII 250GB 16MB for $110 -or- Maxtor DiamondMax SATA150 300GB 16MB for $120.
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