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what s the exact difference /advantages among SATA Vs IDE HDD'S ?

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mobileman Original post #1
Jul 21, 2007 at 12:28 AM
dear,
be kind to guide me abt the exact / advantages among SATA and IDE HDD ?

be kind to
thankng u n advance

shinu
slugger
slugger #2
Jul 21, 2007 at 12:52 AM
me assumin' dat u r askin' 4 d benefits of SATA ove PATA and not 4 any advanage PATA has ove SATA ['cause der ain't]

Read d first post

even mobos not nativley supportin SATA can b made 2 do so usin a PCI card dat will give u SATA interface withot d speed ad
Help~Is~Here
Help~Is~Here #3
Jul 21, 2007 at 12:54 AM
mobileman said:
dear,
be kind to guide me abt the exact / advantages among SATA and IDE HDD ?

be kind to
thankng u n advance

shinu
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The difference is not SATA and IDE, it's SATA and PATA. Do a search on google and you can find lot of articles and tests which show the difference, I really don't have time to pull up links now.:D
slugger
slugger #4
Jul 21, 2007 at 1:07 AM
buddy IDE is PATA is IDE
Help~Is~Here
Help~Is~Here #5
Jul 21, 2007 at 1:11 AM
slugger said:
buddy IDE is PATA is IDE
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You are right. But when you compare the opposites technically, it's like you know Serial ATA v/s Parallel ATA. All the technologies that came before SATA are quite collaberotely called as IDE.
Kniwor
Kniwor #6
Jul 21, 2007 at 12:43 PM
mobileman said:
dear,
be kind to guide me abt the exact / advantages among SATA and IDE HDD ?

be kind to
thankng u n advance

shinu
Click to expand...

SATA and PATA are two diff types of buses for data transfer from HDD. SATA is capable of higher data transfer rates than the older PATA, but just implementation of SATA over PATA in itself does not make the HDD faster, a faster HDD is also required to take the advantage of the faster BUS. Except for in burst tests, for 7200RPM HDD's both SATA and PATA Perform the SAME, the only advantage of SATA is better airflow in cabinet.