Guyver Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 How many ppl out there want SATA at the mo? I am building a new system at the mo and have most of the specs down for it, but i am in a bit of a dillema over the Hard drives to use. Do i go for the SATA drives which trade are not much more than IDE drives or do i stick with IDE for a while then change?? the thing is i dont want to build my new kick a** system only to change the drives a few weeks after any comments will be much appreciated this is the new system specs so far..Gigabyte GA8-KNXP (mobo)Intel P4 2.0a ghz3Dlabs Wildcat VP990 pro 512mb (G/C)SB Live! 5.1NEC all formats DVD writerWatercooling Kit VGA/Chipset/Graphics Card2x H/D's 120gb either SATA or IDE?ChiefTec Midi Tower Caseplz help out on the SATA or IDE as i dont want to waste my money on IDE only for SATA to take the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I'm building a PC next week, and the motherboard I'm getting has a SATA 150. I for one won't be using SATA yet, as SATA hard drives are currently expensive, and only offers a small speed improvement. I could get converters for my existing IDE Hard drives to work on SATA, but I'm not really bothered.Faster SATA upgrades will be available next year and the year after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 You might want to read this before you fall for all the hype around these drives....But in our tests with a pair of Western Digital (WD) 250GB hard drives, one ATA and the other SATA, the performance was darn near the same. SATA drives are more expensive. If you have to add in a PCI SATA card to attach 'em, well, we'd definitely hold off.http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/product...3485251,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R600 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I reckon you should wait for the price to go down before getting one.So far I've seen a 120GB SATA HD for around £130 or something in that region and a 180GB IDE HD 7200rpm for £120.Which one would you go for out of these two? Both have 8mb buffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 thats the main problem im in the trade and can get a SATA 120gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 for £70, so its not that much more than the IDE versions this is why im wondering if now would be a good time to change? and i know about and have read the specs for SATA2. But i would like some of the new crc and other error checking enhancements currently in SATA and not in IDE i know the performance boost is not that much but some is better then none and hotplugging is something i like to be able to use i like my scsi raid array for having it but that would put me well over budget for the new PC i was wondering if anyone had problems with setups or other minor quirks using SATA in its current form?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Aaron just looked at the new system specs thats one hot machine that thing will burn up streets (virtual anyway) at around 300mph very, very, very tasty!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Parts for it should be arriving in 2-3 days, so I'm looking forward to it!btw, getting a SATA 120gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 for £70 is really cheap, you should go for it! (get a motherboard that supports SATA and IDE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver Posted August 19, 2003 Author Share Posted August 19, 2003 Thx for that Aaron i decided last night to go to Actebis and order them so 2 x 120gb drives coming today and a GA8- KNXP-Ultra aswell i think that should do for now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 In regards to the segate drives, they use a funky power connector, make sure you get a molex to their power convertor.In regards to SATA drives, i think the only ones worth buying are the WD Raptors. They are small, but very fast, and perfect for a system drive! |Drew| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueScreenOfDeath Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 true and when u raid 2 of them using the SRAID controller in the 865PE and 875P chipsets... they really show their stuff ..max pc just raided 2 36 gig raptors and 2 250 GB Caviars ... thats 570GB+ of space lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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