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SATA or IDE

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/sata-or-ide.53444/

Gaurav
Gaurav Original post #1
Mar 26, 2007 at 9:56 PM
I am planning to purchase a combo drive, but am confused between the interfaces, which one i should buy offering better speeds and reliability SATA or IDE, are SATA drives expensive?
kalpik
kalpik #2
Mar 26, 2007 at 10:39 PM
Are SATA optical drives even available in india yet? If you get them at decent prices go for SATA only! SATA is much better than IDE.
keith_j_snyder2
keith_j_snyder2 #3
Mar 27, 2007 at 1:01 AM
Yeah those are faster than IDE & performs better.
Gaurav
Gaurav #4
Mar 27, 2007 at 12:55 PM
I don't know whether they are available in INDIA or not, because i searched on the various websites about the various interfaces and got excited to purchase one. will it be expensive or same in price to that of IDE drives.