ATA or SATA?

[Track]

Im going to buy an HDD.
I can either buy an IDE/ATA HDD now, or wait and buy a SATA HDD.
Is there really a large enough difference beetween them for me to wait and get the SATA or is it small and thus i should just buy the ATA now?
Thank You.

 

[mcgruff]

ATA SCHMATA.

 

[mesarectifier]

SATA

Motherboards will probably start ditching ATA totally not that far from now. Although they said the same about PS/2 about 5 years ago....

 

[Zenthar]

Performance-wise there isn't that much of a difference for equivalent models, but you have to keep in mind that PATA (standard old ATA) will probably a thing of the past in a few years, some motherboards are now equiped with only a single PATA port (probably just because CD/DVD are rarely SATA). Therefore, if you buy a PATA HDD now, you might not be able to fit it in a future upgraded system.

The other thing is that the most recently introduced HDD are generaly a bit more performant than old ones and sometimes are exclusively available in SATA.

That is pretty much the only reasons I would go one way or another.

 

[Track]

I know that there are adaptors that can fir an IDE on an SATA but is there something i can buy so that i can fit an SATA onto an ATA/IDE, just until i buy a new Motherboard with SATA?

 

[Hawkeye22]

Yes, here is one such adapter.

=MB-SA2HV&input[category_id]=430]http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/index.php?redir=http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=MB-SA2HV&input[category_id]=430

 

[deweycd]

Best bet is to wait, the PATA harddrive standard is dying quickly and if you want to use your harddrive in a future computer, purcahse a SATA and get an adaptor for now.

 

[Track]

Yes, here is one such adapter.

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/index.php?redir=http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=MB-SA2HV&input[category_id]=430

40$? Well, i dont think i have much of a chance finding it around here anyway.
Ill either buy the IDE or wait, since its 250Gb and ill most likely want to transfer it to a new computer in several years.