SATA vs PATA

Gareth

Gareth

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Is there a speed difference between the two, and if so, is it noticeable on doing tasks such as installing applications and burning disks? Currently I have a Lite-on DVD-ROM and a HP DVD 640i.
 
SATA is faster but PATA is still MANY time faster than the fastest optical drive, which means the only benifit is a cleaner case.
 
joe2005 are you hoisting an engine out of a P/U ? I am in the 7% I listen to country and Blue grass.
 
SATA is faster but PATA is still MANY time faster than the fastest optical drive, which means the only benifit is a cleaner case.
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And that makes absolutely no sense ;)

PATA = EIDE/IDE, whatever:

ATA133
ATA100
ATA66
ATA33

SATA:

SATAI 150
SATAII 300

As you can see... PATA looses... so how can it win if it's slower?
 
oscaryu1 said:
And that makes absolutely no sense ;)

As you can see... PATA looses... so how can it win if it's slower?
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What he meant was that SATA is faster then PATA, however the PATA interface is capable of transferring data faster then what optical drives can to date.
 
oregon said:
What about hard drives? Does PATA limit a hard drive?
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Speed wise it's borderline. The average throughput is no where near the 133MBps capability of ATA133, however when you add multiple drives it will begin to bottleneck.
 
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