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SirKenin · 08-09-2006, 04:59 PM

Show me the times... Show me the scores. It is all in your head.. Virtual performance.

You know why? I'll tell you, just in case. A PATA HDD's controller bandwidth is a theoretical 133MB/s peak. A SATA HDD is 150MB/s peak. Both have the same spindle speed, with the exception of the Raptor. The drive can only lift the data and feed the controller so fast. At a speed of 7200 RPM it can not saturate a 133MB/s bus, never mind 150.

Soooo... A harddrive is almost never actually delivering 133MB/s to the system bus, especially during typical read/write operations. This is why the ATA133 HDDs are such a scam. You do not even notice a difference over ATA100.

The only time you might notice a difference is in benchmarks, but benchmarks mean absolutely nothing unless you need a little bit of phallic compensation.

08-09-2006, 04:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Show me the times... Show me the scores. It is all in your head.. Virtual performance. You know why? I'll tell you, just in case. A PATA HDD's controller bandwidth is a theoretical 133MB/s peak. A SATA HDD is 150MB/s peak. Both have the same spindle speed, with the exception of the Raptor. The drive can only lift the data and feed the controller so fast. At a speed of 7200 RPM it can not saturate a 133MB/s bus, never mind 150. Soooo... A harddrive is almost never actually delivering 133MB/s to the system bus, especially during typical read/write operations. This is why the ATA133 HDDs are such a scam. You do not even notice a difference over ATA100. The only time you might notice a difference is in benchmarks, but benchmarks mean absolutely nothing unless you need a little bit of phallic compensation.