wyantm06 Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 Ok right now I have this HDD http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WD2500JB-N and I plan on getting another 250 Gig HDD for the same price or cheaper. Either I might get another one of those that I bought or I might get a SATA. But my question is how fast is SATA really? Are the speeds actually that much better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 Hardrives have theoretical speeds which they can reach. IDE hardrives are either ata 100 or ata 133, so 100 or 133. Sata 150, or Sata I can reach speeds of 150, and Sata II can reach speeds of 300. So yes if your motherboard has sata ports go for sata as the speeds will be better. If you motherboard only supports Sata I, you could still get a SataII drive and run it at Sata I speeds so when you upgrade and get a new motherboard and cpu, your drive will be Sata II ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 I dont know how much difference you are going to physically see in load times.. but if you are moving alot of big files then yes.. you will see a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 Having recently purchased a sataII drive I do notice load times are much better for games and windows installed much quicker. Sata II is over 2 times faster than a ata 133 drive, and 3 times faster than ata 100. Go Sata, is the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 Yeah, SATA is way faster with loading and stuff. It only takes 3 seconds for my boot screen to be done loading. IDE takes around 15....go with SATA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 Yeah i would recommend SATA over IDE any day! but if you are going to be doing word processing.. waste of money.. Games would yes load faster because most of them are loading large files into memory and doing a lot of seeking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted March 5, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 Well I really am not into the PC gaming except Deer Hunter and The Sims 2. So I think I will go with the 250Gb HDD. But I have no idea if this SATA one http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=6Y250M0-R&cat=HDD will work with my mobo http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=P4M80-M7 and if it does do you people think I can trust a refurb HDD or not? If it's not trustable then I think I will pay $95 and get the IDE 250Gb HDD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 That is up to you if you want to go referb.. yeah it should work with your mobo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 i have both SATA II and IDE in my comp right now and the sata kick's the ide but the sata is the loaudest thing you ever herd I'm mean its loaudest thing im my comp refreb'sor ok i have one and have been useing it for about a year and no probs so far and only payd 40 bucks for it its a seagate baricuda 7200 80 gig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 i got 2 satas and 2 ides on my comp right now, cant tell a difference really, i dont copy files though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 Sata doesnt make a drive loud, you prolly just got a loud drive. My sata is near silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 yep thats what i get for buying a samsung hdd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 ya my hds are quiet, must be yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stank_Ho Posted March 5, 2006 CID Share Posted March 5, 2006 I've had a SATA for over two years, no issues, sounds or otherwise. I highly recommend also updating your mobo. Even though my mobo has four SATA connections, the bios never recognized them which made installing the drive a little difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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