DonDon said:. I also wonder how many people are unknowingly running in IDE emulation mode anyway. Not that it would make much difference, as has already been stated. My first rpm drive was 4GB. I'm willing to bet my current drives will read 4GB much faster than the 4GB drive could have transferred the entire drive.
Platter density is much more important than spindle speed. I'm sure a lot of the reason for the interface change was to force people to have to buy a new hard drive with that motherboard upgrade. And it will happen again. Joined Apr 1, Messages Ok, take off the aluminum foil hats for a second. Sata was developed because it was becoming increasingly difficult to increase the speed of the parallel architecture of the IDE bus.
It is easier to scale up the speed of a serial connection. You do not have to synch all of the data lanes. The only failure I see in SATA was not wiring in a few more data paths for future expansion in the original spec. While todays drives are just beginning to max out IDE and Sata I, who knows what will be available in 10 or 20 years.
Ok, you can put your foil hats back on. Concentric [H]ard Gawd. Joined Oct 15, Messages 1, SolidBladez Supreme [H]ardness. Joined Jan 4, Messages 6, SolidBladez said:. I'm almost tempted to go out and buy a freakin' Sata DVD writer. My current IDE drive is perfectly fine but having this large and cumbersome cable traveling down my case is a little annoying. Joined Apr 5, Messages If you want better performance and you've got alot money to throw around, go SCSI. Nothing says fantastic like SCSI drives.
The bad thing is they are crazy expensive and are mostly used in corporate servers. KamuiRSX said:. It was very common in the early days of the ATA interface when it was first introduced to the world. The transfer speed of PATA during its initial days was 8. This interface used different wires to carry data, causing the wires to result in a tangled mess and often ending up creating problems.
At present, almost all computers use the ATA interface to transfer data and information. There are a few differences that are quite apparent on both the interfaces. Here are some of the major ones:. The increased speed is quite useful for loading of images, videos, and larger documents. For someone who likes playing games, high data transfer speed means they could experience a smooth, better gaming session.
While the maximum length of a PATA cable can extend only up to inches, a SATA cable can extend up to 1 meter, making the moving around of hard drive more flexible. The cable is easier to detangle with the SATA cable , as it can be moved around with more space within the loops.
PATA being an older version of ATA interface does not support hot swapping, which means you cannot change or replace the part while the computer is in use, while with SATA hot swapping is possible. In turn, it increases the life of a computer in the long run and faster performance on a daily basis. That is why it is compatible to use with modern day computer systems.
SATA can be used to connect hard drive to the motherboard of a computer system or even hard drive to hard drive as well. Change Language. Related Articles. Table of Contents. Save Article. Improve Article. Like Article. Last Updated : 20 Oct, It is a parallel connector.
It gives a slower performance and does not support of hot plugging. It is an older concept. It is a serial connector. It gives a faster performance with support of hot plugging. It is a newer concept.
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