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Post by elvisuk on Jan 15, 2009 17:06:29 GMT
H!,
I am going to get a new hardrive soon and was wondering which to get a IDE one or a SATA one, which is the best and what problems will i get?
I have IDE Type 1 x IDE, 4 x SATA
Thanks.
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Post by ken on Jan 15, 2009 18:31:02 GMT
SATA II is the way to go Elvis, everything is going SATA now. You could always put a SATA in a later computer. Modern motherboards have only got one ATA connector, yet they still have an old floppy connector. Thats probably for installing RAID drivers on a new setup and not all rigs will find a USB drive without drivers. The only thing you have to watch, make sure you have smooth curves in the cables and no kinks. A kinky cable will have you thinking you have got a boot virus.
KC
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Post by mikkh on Jan 15, 2009 19:20:07 GMT
SATA II is faster - and cheaper, at my local suppliers anyway, so it's a 'no brainer' as our American friends say.
A quick look reveals an IDE 250 GB going for £47 (Western Digital 2 MB cache) while the same company is doing a SATA II drive with 8 MB cache for £9 less - and it's a bigger drive at 320 GB !!
The IDE price is shocking, and deliberately hiked because they know people with older systems and no SATA capability have no choice. The same goes for older DDR RAM and AGP cards - you're penalised for using older technology[/size][/font]
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Post by ken on Jan 15, 2009 21:41:31 GMT
Seen the price of SCSI drives Mikk?? I can only presume that there are people who are struggling to keep SCSI RAID systems going. Who else would pay over a ton for a 30 gig drive.
KC
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Post by jojo on Jan 15, 2009 23:57:00 GMT
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 16, 2009 13:53:13 GMT
H! KC,
Yes i thort SATA11 wod be better, as for a floppy i like my 3 1/2 inch floppy got lots off Documents on them and lots of upgrades and other stuff on them and yes i do know about usb pens i have three much quicker that floppy but i have still gat lots of new one to use. ;D
Thanks for your Post ;D
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 16, 2009 14:03:39 GMT
H! Mikkh,
Yes i was thinking of a SATA11 because that are a lot cheaper and i have 4 SATA connections on my motherboard i was thinking more 250GB but i have just seen a 350GB at £10.00 more think i may go for that.
I was also thinking of a SATA11 DVD/CD drive that yos seaid about in one of your posts.
Thanks for your posts. ;D
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 16, 2009 14:08:45 GMT
H! Jojo,
Nice one terabyte lovely but a bit to much at the moment i am going for a 250GB or 350GB which ever is the cheaper.
But thank for the info ;D
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