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native SATA drives

Xilikon

Xilikon

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I'm in the search of a very good hard drive with native SATA interface, not those with a bridge chip. What i wanted is to get a very reliable and fast HD so i can use in a RAID setup without busting my budget.

WD Raptor is out of question for me so tell me what is the *native* SATA drive to get :)
 
seagate barrcudas are awsome drives, cool and quiet and fast
 
Unless using an PATA-> SATA convertor (little box that sticks on) all drives are 'nativly' SATA. See the controler IC and the board it is on? they just replace that with one that contains a SATA controller IC and the proper connectors on the end. That is why SATA pricing is so simular to PATA
 
Loto_Bak said:
Unless using an PATA-> SATA convertor (little box that sticks on) all drives are 'nativly' SATA. See the controler IC and the board it is on? they just replace that with one that contains a SATA controller IC and the proper connectors on the end. That is why SATA pricing is so simular to PATA
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Last I checked, only the Seagate drives were native SATA. All other ones had a bridge chip. This may have changed in the latest generation of drives, though.
 
Thank you... I also heard Seagate drives is native SATA. However, can anyone tell me the exact models ?
 
Yes, the Seagates are still the only native SATA drives. 7200.7 and 7200.8's.
 
I know it makes some of you feel warm inside to have a native Serial ATA drive, but there is no practical advantage to it. I'd rather have a higher performing drive that costs less because economies of scale allow a hard drive to be Serial ATA or parallel ATA with the same PCB. I like Seagate and their products, but using this as criteria for purchasing a drive seems a bit unreasonable at this point.
 
Thank you for the advices and pointing out the models to check.

xonik : You may be right so i'll check a little around for hd reviews and see how it performs before taking a decision.
 
Yeah, I think you'll find that some of the non-native drives perform better, not by the fault of the interface, but through other internal performance advatanges like caching algorithms, spindle/arm upgrades, improved command queuing algorithms, etc.
 
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