Info on hard drives.

I'm buying a new hard drive this friday, i'm leaning towards this:
MAXTOR 120GB, 7200RPM, "2MB" CACHE, ATA-133 for £57.
What is the difference between IDE and SATA? What are the benefits?
Also the above HD also comes in the form of 8MB cache for £1.50 more.. May
aswell bag that baby instead?

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"JimBob" wrote in message
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" What is the difference between IDE and SATA? What are the benefits? Also
the above HD also comes in the form of 8MB cache for £1.50 more.. May aswell
bag that baby instead? "


Read the following article. http://www.directron.com/patasata.html

If your motherboard supports SATA, then go for an 8MB SATA drive.

"JimBob" wrote:

I'm buying a new hard drive this friday, i'm leaning towards this:
MAXTOR 120GB, 7200RPM, "2MB" CACHE, ATA-133 for £57.
What is the difference between IDE and SATA?

One data transfer is parallel and the other is serial.

What are the benefits?

The benefit is what you see and feel. Currently, apparently the drives are
mostly the same. My mainboard manufacturer says do not put a 90° crimp in
an SATA cable. That is probably because data must move much faster through
fewer wires. I probably won't buy SATA until sometime before hardware
manufacturers force the issue, if and whenever that might happen.

Also the above HD also comes in the form of 8MB cache for £1.50 more..
May
aswell bag that baby instead?

This group is great IMO for most questions. Besides any other answers you
receive here, you might also try the storage group
(comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage) for detailed discussion about hard disk
drives.

Have fun.

"Cuzman" wrote in message
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"JimBob" wrote in message
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" What is the difference between IDE and SATA? What are the benefits?
Also
the above HD also comes in the form of 8MB cache for £1.50 more.. May
aswell
bag that baby instead? "


Read the following article. http://www.directron.com/patasata.html

If your motherboard supports SATA, then go for an 8MB SATA drive.



Went over to article. The writer just does no know what he is talking about.
This is bad stuff, misleading and just plain wrong.
JPS

ok we will just take your word for it?!!


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"Cuzman" wrote in message
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"JimBob" wrote in message
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" What is the difference between IDE and SATA? What are the
benefits?
Also
the above HD also comes in the form of 8MB cache for £1.50 more..
May
aswell
bag that baby instead? "


Read the following article.
http://www.directron.com/patasata.html

If your motherboard supports SATA, then go for an 8MB SATA drive.



Went over to article. The writer just does no know what he is
talking about.
This is bad stuff, misleading and just plain wrong.
JPS

JimBob:

I'm buying a new hard drive this friday, i'm leaning towards this:
MAXTOR 120GB, 7200RPM, "2MB" CACHE, ATA-133 for œ57.

There are several folks on this group who are shying away from Maxtor
right now, myself included after having two drives fail at the two year
mark. IMO, Western Digital would be a better choice.

--
Mac Cool

"JimBob" wrote in
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I'm buying a new hard drive this friday, i'm leaning towards this:
MAXTOR 120GB, 7200RPM, "2MB" CACHE, ATA-133 for £57.
What is the difference between IDE and SATA? What are the benefits?
Also the above HD also comes in the form of 8MB cache for £1.50 more..
May aswell bag that baby instead?


Try:

http://storagereview.com/

Definitely get the 8MB cache. As far as ATA or PATA: Get what your mobo
supports. If it supports both, many current SATA drives are really ATA with
a SATA interface added to it so you may not see any performance benefit
unless you verify the drive is really SATA thru-n-thru. Check the above
link for more info. SATA is the new thing and is faster than ATA. (Assuming
you've got a real SATA drive.) SATA cables are also smaller than ATA
cables. This may help internal ventilation because smaller cables will not
block airflow as much as bigger cables. The smaller SATA are also easier to
route. You could get a PCI-SATA controller card, if your mobo does not
support SATA, but this will use alot of PCI bandwidth and may negate the
speed benefits of SATA.

P.S. SATA and ATA are NOT compatible

JS wrote:
"JimBob" wrote in
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I'm buying a new hard drive this friday, i'm leaning towards this:
MAXTOR 120GB, 7200RPM, "2MB" CACHE, ATA-133 for £57.
What is the difference between IDE and SATA? What are the benefits?
Also the above HD also comes in the form of 8MB cache for £1.50
more.. May aswell bag that baby instead?


Try:

http://storagereview.com/

Definitely get the 8MB cache. As far as ATA or PATA: Get what your
mobo supports. If it supports both, many current SATA drives are
really ATA with a SATA interface added to it so you may not see any
performance benefit unless you verify the drive is really SATA
thru-n-thru. Check the above link for more info. SATA is the new
thing and is faster than ATA. (Assuming you've got a real SATA
drive.) SATA cables are also smaller than ATA cables. This may help
internal ventilation because smaller cables will not block airflow as
much as bigger cables. The smaller SATA are also easier to route. You
could get a PCI-SATA controller card, if your mobo does not support
SATA, but this will use alot of PCI bandwidth and may negate the
speed benefits of SATA.

P.S. SATA and ATA are NOT compatible

My m/b is a abit KV7 and does support SATA, i've seen alot of posts over the
last few days 'dissin' Maxtor, so now leaning towards a SEAGATE 80GB 7200RPM
8MB CACHE SATA for £47. I'l let u guys know how it works out!

"JimBob" wrote in message
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I'm buying a new hard drive this friday, i'm leaning towards this:
MAXTOR 120GB, 7200RPM, "2MB" CACHE, ATA-133 for £57.
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Western Digital is quieter than Maxtor if that matters to you.