SATA/SATA2 Vs. PATA

**jancz3rt** · 03-04-2006, 03:05 AM

Hey guys, I know that the theoretical transfer rates are the lowest in PATA, higher in SATA and even higher in SATAII. However, what is the real difference in let's say an identical HDD with 7200RPMs, 8MB Cache and a 8.9ms seek time, yet one PATA and the other SATA or SATA2? Something is telling me that there will be very little performance difference. What do you have to prove my assumption wrong?

EDIT: Did a bit of research and SATA VS. PATA means a roughly 5% faster HDD

SO the race remains between SATA2 and PATA

JAN

03-04-2006, 03:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 24 Posts: 4,023	SATA/SATA2 Vs. PATA Hey guys, I know that the theoretical transfer rates are the lowest in PATA, higher in SATA and even higher in SATAII. However, what is the real difference in let's say an identical HDD with 7200RPMs, 8MB Cache and a 8.9ms seek time, yet one PATA and the other SATA or SATA2? Something is telling me that there will be very little performance difference. What do you have to prove my assumption wrong? EDIT: Did a bit of research and SATA VS. PATA means a roughly 5% faster HDD SO the race remains between SATA2 and PATA JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358 Last edited by jancz3rt; 03-04-2006 at 03:20 AM.

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