My comp has 2 SATA150 slots in it and I was wondering if I would get considerably better performance over my current ATA100 drive if I bought a SATA300 drive and switched the jumper for 150 mode?
Not really.
Why not?.Sup wrote:
Not really.
Wasn't there an initial purpose to developing it?
It is faster, yes, but it's not so much faster that it'd make a difference. Most mechanical hard drives can't even use ATA100 to it's full potential.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Freezer7Pro wrote:
It is faster, yes, but it's not so much faster that it'd make a difference. Most mechanical hard drives can't even use ATA100 to it's full potential.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
In all honesty, it won't make much of a noticeable difference, as a few have mentioned.
SATA has a lot of benefits over IDE, but speed isn't one of them.max wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
It is faster, yes, but it's not so much faster that it'd make a difference. Most mechanical hard drives can't even use ATA100 to it's full potential.
What is then?CrazeD wrote:
SATA has a lot of benefits over IDE, but speed isn't one of them.max wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
It is faster, yes, but it's not so much faster that it'd make a difference. Most mechanical hard drives can't even use ATA100 to it's full potential.
Faster data transfer, hot-swapping, harsher data integrity checks and better airflow (smaller cables). I wouldn't upgrade unless you need a bigger drive, or are building a new PC._j5689_ wrote:
What is then?CrazeD wrote:
SATA has a lot of benefits over IDE, but speed isn't one of them.max wrote:
edit: If you want the potential to load games a couple seconds or so faster than your buddies, you could use a Raptor for your OS and primary games.
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2008-07-10 10:01:55)
RAID, smaller cleaner cables, bigger, among other things._j5689_ wrote:
What is then?CrazeD wrote:
SATA has a lot of benefits over IDE, but speed isn't one of them.max wrote:
As said, most drives don't even exceed ATA100 speeds. My SATA II drive barely hits 100Mbit/s, and the average read is around 60Mbit/s.
Yes it is. SATA is way faster than PATA. You can't say, that because current drives don't take advantage of the extra available bandwidth, SATA isn't faster - it just is.CrazeD wrote:
SATA has a lot of benefits over IDE, but speed isn't one of them.max wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
It is faster, yes, but it's not so much faster that it'd make a difference. Most mechanical hard drives can't even use ATA100 to it's full potential.
PATA drives can run at upto about 60MB/s, because that is about the maximum bandwidth available to them using ATA133. ATA133 does not have a sustained bandwidth of 133MB/s.
Last edited by Bertster7 (2008-07-10 10:49:59)