My friend said IDE is typically 150-300mb per second where as SATA 2 is 3gb/s. Is this true? I keep reading that Sata and IDE are pretty much the same only that SATA has better cables.
2007-11-07 03:06:52 · 8 answers · asked by gamer86 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
SATA is much faster.
2007-11-07 03:11:01 · answer #1 · answered by kuntryguyy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From all the hard drive speed benchmarks I've seen, hard drives aren't fast enough to fill a IDE channel. If you put two drives on one cable, that would slow it down. With SATA, that isn't an option. There's only one drive per cable. (Actually there are SATA cables that carry more than one connection, but they are really just multiple SATA cables packed in one sheath.)
At the maximum speeds, IDE is limited to an 18 inch cable. SATA was designed to extend up to a meter (39 inches) before worrying about signal loss. The thinner SATA cables don't obstruct the airflow inside a case nearly as much as IDE cables do.
If you have the choice, go for the SATA.
2007-11-07 03:26:27 · answer #2 · answered by Neebler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Realistically their is no real reason for using raid. Yes you can mirror two hard drives but do you really need to do that. But anyway sata is a lot faster than IDE. Plus it takes yo a lot less space internally with the sata cable vs ide cable.
2007-11-07 03:48:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing a a 10,000rpm IDE hard drive. IDEs top out at 7200rpm. Two 10,000rpm Western Digital Raptors SATA150 drives in a Raid0 array will smoke an SATA2 drive. Just look at any expensive high-end gaming computer and see what they use or have as an option--Raptors in a Raid.
I put them in my gaming computers.
2007-11-07 05:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SATA is the the way to go in terms of speed. If you have an older computer, you might not have the connectors to use it though. If this is the case, you could buy a PCI card with SATA connectors and hook that to your computer, or better yet, get a new motherboard with this connectors built-in.
2007-11-07 03:45:31 · answer #5 · answered by GC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with SATA that is (Serial Advaced Technology Attachment)
Clocking data serialy is much faster than IDE which is parallel
... at high clocking rates parallel just doesn't crack it..
All new computers are SATA enabled these days... good luck...
2007-11-07 03:14:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. That's true about the SATA2. http://www.answers.com/SATA+2?cat=technology&gwp=13
2007-11-07 03:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SATA is way faster IDE is soo old school
2007-11-07 03:23:25 · answer #8 · answered by JuAN LECHE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋