Hard Drive data rates

[Karl Larsen]

Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 16:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> it appears that a SATA is just a tiny bit faster than a new IDE
>>     
>
> I wouldn't expect too radical differences, especially if you're not
> using newer hardware for the whole computer.  There are other,
> non-speed, advantages.  But I'd tend to take the point of view that
> things are moving away from IDE to SATA, and just concentrate on buying
> the hardware that goes together.  My current computers use IDE, so if I
> buy another internal drive for them, it'll probably be an IDE, since I
> don't want to add another card (a SATA interface).  The next drive I'll
> buy will really depend on what the computer is like that it goes into.
>
>   
    Good idea Tim. In my case I did a new computer and it had the SATA 
built in so I in error thought they were a lot faster data rate. But 
they work and the thinner cable is easy to work with.



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