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I'm building a new PC and I need to choose between 2 HDDs I own.

One is sata 3.0gb/s
The other is pata but more storage.
If I got an adapter for the pata had would the speed be the same?
 
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IDE drives are older, so typically have lower areal density (less data stored per square inch). Since hard drives still rotate at 7200 RPM (or 5400 RPM), that means the older drives transfer data more slowly than newer drives.


  • ■7200 RPM SATA drives can typically hit 100-150 MB?s sustained read/write speeds. Newer ones can hit 200+ MB/s.
    ■The fastest 7200 RPM IDE drive could hit about 120 MB/s. 60 MB/s was more typical. Older ones could only hit about 30 B/s. Note that there were 5 generations of IDE using I think 3 different cables, with a speed limit of 16, 33, 66, 100, and 133 MB/s. Depending on which version your drive supports, you could be looking at substantially slower speeds.

But I have to ask, if you own both...
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IDE drives are older, so typically have lower areal density (less data stored per square inch). Since hard drives still rotate at 7200 RPM (or 5400 RPM), that means the older drives transfer data more slowly than newer drives.


  • ■7200 RPM SATA drives can typically hit 100-150 MB?s sustained read/write speeds. Newer ones can hit 200+ MB/s.
    ■The fastest 7200 RPM IDE drive could hit about 120 MB/s. 60 MB/s was more typical. Older ones could only hit about 30 B/s. Note that there were 5 generations of IDE using I think 3 different cables, with a speed limit of 16, 33, 66, 100, and 133 MB/s. Depending on which version your drive supports, you could be looking at substantially slower speeds.

But I have to ask, if you own both drives why do you need to choose between them? I generally wouldn't advise spending money on an IDE adapter for a modern system (the drive is so old it probably doesn't have many years left). But if you already have both drives, there's space in the case, and the adapter is cheap, I don't see why not use both drives. Just make sure the OS is on the faster SATA drive.
 
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