I am building my first computer soon and I am wondering which type of hard drive to get. I see there two different types, IDE and SATA interfaces. I've also herd rommers about not being able to load windows with SATA hard drives. Is this true? Which type should I get?
2007-02-17 12:26:13 · 6 answers · asked by mcmatrix12000 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
No one seems to take into accout that one of the two is a dying interface (IDE) and the other is the new standard (SATA). If you are building a new computer, the choice is clear, get SATA, it is the future. There are no problems loading Windows on an SATA hard drive. As for people talking about failure rates, that is bogus because the internal working of the drives are the same, SATA and IDE are just the interface with which they connect to the motherboard.
2007-02-17 17:24:21 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best one is the one that your motherboard supports. Most IDE (SATA is also IDE, but a newer technology...note the "ATA" part of SATA). The two connectors are completely different and are not interchangeable.
If you want to use one or the other, pick the motherboard that supports the one you want, as most drive interfaces are built on to the motherboard, unless you want to buy a separate disk controller card.
Personal opinion, I am not sold on SATA yet. I have seen a lot of new Dell PCs with SATA drives and in the business world, many of the drives fail in less than 1 year. Dell claimed that the failure rate was not any higher, but I disagree. (unless they are saying all of their hard drives fail just as bad). I'm sure in time, they will get better, but just as a personal choice, I would think twice about SATA for now.
2007-02-17 12:36:38 · answer #2 · answered by JD_in_FL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what the pc is to be used for!
Normal desktop usage ie documents and work and stuff then go for ide.
However if you are building a gaming machine use sata. The rumour about windows not loading with sata is bawlicks. As sata has a faster access time than ide and beneficial when playing games.
Hope this helps
Rezz
2007-02-17 12:31:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your motherboard supoorts SATA, then just go and get a SATA hardrive, because it will free up your ATA100/133 connectors for another drive. I went with SATA and was able to load windows XP flawlesy on it. Right now you can find alot of SATA hard drives, and they are the same price as regular ATA hard drives.
2007-02-17 12:33:29 · answer #4 · answered by brentonbiggs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sata is faster and yes you can load windows from a sata drive you may have to change a setting in the bios or load a driver but you can do it
2007-02-17 12:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SATA you may have to supply the driver but thats easy I have a 10,000 rpm sata drive
2007-02-17 12:30:18 · answer #6 · answered by Alpha~Omega pc repair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋