SATA vs. IDE

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These two types of hard drives are the most common right..?
Which of these two are better?

Sorry in advance if these are stupid questions or if they're posted somewhere. I've tried reading the 101 file on this, but I don't really understand it that well.

Thanks in advance for any answers
 
although, pretty much all older motherboards dont have sata on them, so make sure you do have it when buying a sata hdd. Oh and there is SATA and SATAII, with II being the more modern one, and is only quite recent so make sure your motherboard can handle SATA II if you go one of these.
 
There's basically no point of buying IDE harddrives for new computers, as SATA harddrives are just about the same price, faster, use smaller cables and uses no jumpers.
 
I was actually planning on buying an internal hard drive, and then buying a case to make it into an external hard drive. Right now, I have an outdated computer and I was planning to upgrade it some time in the future and just take the hard drive out of the case and put it into the computer.
 
[-0MEGA-];501626 said:
There is actually a difference between those. SATAII can run up to 300MB/s, while SATA 3.0Gb/s can run at 3Gb/s.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

300MB/s is basically 3.0Gb/s... SATAII, SATA3.0, they're both the same.

Anyway, SATA is typically faster, but realize we're nowhere near SATAII speeds. Most drives probably peak around SATA speeds, perhaps just slightly over for the super high performance ones. I know my Raptors got 216MB/s in a raid. No where near the theoretical 300MB/s they "should" get. :rolleyes:
 
The_Other_One said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

300MB/s is basically 3.0Gb/s... SATAII, SATA3.0, they're both the same.

Anyway, SATA is typically faster, but realize we're nowhere near SATAII speeds. Most drives probably peak around SATA speeds, perhaps just slightly over for the super high performance ones. I know my Raptors got 216MB/s in a raid. No where near the theoretical 300MB/s they "should" get. :rolleyes:
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Cromewell will disagree with you there, he did with me :)

I guess the SATAII and SATA3.0Gb/s are two different standards.
 
Yes I will. SATAII is more than just 3.0Gbps transfer rates. People call SATAII SATA 3.0Gbps because that was the most talked about thing.
I know my Raptors got 216MB/s in a raid. No where near the theoretical 300MB/s they "should" get
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Double that for RAID. You have 2x3.0Gb/s available ;)
 
Here ya go

The term SATA II has grown in popularity as the moniker for the SATA 3Gb/s data transfer rate, causing great confusion with customers because, quite simply, it’s a misnomer.
The first step toward a better understanding of SATA is to know that SATA II is not the brand name for SATA’s 3Gb/s data transfer rate, but the name of the organization formed to author the SATA specifications. The group has since changed names, to the Serial ATA International Organization, or SATA-IO.
The 3Gb/s capability is just one of many defined by the former SATA II committee, but because it is among the most prominent features, 3Gb/s has become synonymous with SATA II. Hence, the source of the confusion.
For an accurate description of Serial ATA capabilities and the official guideline to SATA product naming, please see the details below.
 
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