ok hears how i see it Product Specifications Manufacturer - Maxtor Type - Internal Interface - ATA 133 (IDE) Capacity - 200 GB Buffer Size - 8 MB Spin Speed - 7200 rpm Max. Data Transfer Rate 133 MB/s Depth - 147 mm Width - 101.6 mm Height - 26.1 mm Weight - 1.39lb Average Seek Time - <9.0 ms Average Latency - 4.17 ms Start / Stop Cycle - >50,000 min price £68 Product Specifications Manufacturer - Maxtor Type - Internal Interface - SATA 150 (Serial ATA) Capacity - 200GB Buffer Size - 8MB Spin Speed - 7200rpm Max. Data Transfer Rate - 150MB/s Depth - 147mm Width - 101mm Height - 26mm Weight - 630g Average Seek Time - 9.3ms Average Latency - 4.2ms Cylinders - 16,383 Heads - 16 Physical Error Rate - <1 per 10E 15 bits read Start / Stop Cycle - 50,000 cycles Temperature Range - 5°C - 55 °C Shock Tolerance - 60G @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 300G @ 2 price £71 both maxtor dimond 10 on paper the ata drive is faster but raid is also good in my opnion stick with ata SATA is out of date sliod state should be hitting the market soon 1/2 years but with sutch a small price diffrence it dose not matter. and sorry to bring this up but you can swap a pata drive your just not ment to and cable select is not that mutch of a bother now is it
