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Questions about SATA Hard Drive w NCQ
I'm considering purchasing a Seagate 160GB Barracuda 7200.7 7200RPM SATA II with NCQ Hard Drive
from newegg.com. This is model ST3160827AS. BTW my processor is an Intel Pentium 4 at 2000 MHz My machine does not support hyperthreading. 1st question: Does a hard drive which supports NCQ as compared to one which does not support NCQ serve any advantage when used with a machine which does not support hyperthreading? Other questions: My motherboard does not have an interface for a Serial ATA hard drive. AFAIK in order to use a SATA drive, I have two options: Option A: Purchase a PCI controller card that I can connect the SATA drive to. PCI is limited to 133 per sec right? Does this mean that this configuration is no better using a IDE PATA 133 drive plugged directly into the motherboard? Option B: Convert SATA port on the hard drive to PATA and use standard 40 pin IDE cable to connect drive directly to motherboard. If I do this, is the transfer rate still limited to 133 mb/sec even though the drive supports up to 150 mb/sec? Lastly, which option is better or do they both basically suck? Thanks. |
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