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Would Serial ATA Hard Disk Make any difference ?

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gregg   10-11-2005 at 12:47:26 AM

I am getting a new Hard Disk & I was wondering what difference a Serial ATA Hard disk make over ATA 133 HDD ?

I have DELL P4 2.6 GHz, 512 MB DDR ( 400 MHz ), 80 GB Maxtor ATA 133 HDD.

I want to replace 80 GB ATA 133 (7200 RPM) with a new 160 GB HDD and was wondering whether I should get regular ATA 133 OR Serial ATA HDD ?

Can you please tell me the Pros & Cons?

Thanks
Greg

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gregg   10-11-2005 at 01:08:22 AM
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Then why do people get SATA?

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Rob423   10-11-2005 at 02:09:53 AM
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pat   10-11-2005 at 03:33:55 AM
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Because with newer motherboard, there is more SATA headers than ATA.. so, you can leave the ATA to optical and use the SATA for IDE.

Because, in case that you didn't know that, SATA is only an interface. The controller is still IDE and drives are IDE based.. it is just that data travel in a serial way instead of a parallel way.

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