i want to buy 500Gb Seagate Hard Drive but one is $119 and other one is $149. When i check out the specs, only difference is that $119 is "SATA 3Gb/s interface" and the $149 is "Ultra ATA/100 interface". what are the advantages? i have no idea what ATA or SATA is.
2007-12-19 06:58:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Hi. The more expensive one uses Serial ATA generation II. The allows data to flow to and from the drive about 3 times faster, but your motherboard has to support SATA II.
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=SATA+II&gwp=13
2007-12-19 07:02:21 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Big difference. SATA drives are far faster--esp. 3GBs drives. Most new systems use SATA drives as they don't require strapping, you can have more than two in a system and the cabling is far simpler.
However, if you system does not support a SATA drive (some older motherboards don't) you'll need a SATA controller or get the IDE/PATA/ATA drive.
2007-12-19 07:02:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
None. They the two are bodily the comparable. the only difference is in storage capacity. in recent times in case you're storing track, movies and video games, you should % the only with the bigger storage capacity (160gb), extraordinarily if it is basically a pair of greenbacks extra.
2016-12-11 09:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋