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PATA or SATA?

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superd00k

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i'm going to upgrade my comp this summer, i need some more storage, right now i have a 40gig and a 120 gig, both pata, all of the new boards these days supposrt sata, is it worth switching to sata at this point or should i just buy a pata drive for now and upgrade to sata after its faster?
 
I believe they make PATA to SATA adapters, so if you upgraded your mobo to something that only support SATA (which is unlikely because many manufacturers include both...transitional period). Get an SATA drive so you're future-proof.
 
If you are only only going to use the drive for storage then get a PATA drive. They want ~110 for a 37Gb and ~200 for a 74Gb SATA HHD Where as you can get a PATA 160Gb for ~100.
 
digitalman said:
If you are only only going to use the drive for storage then get a PATA drive. They want ~110 for a 37Gb and ~200 for a 74Gb SATA HHD Where as you can get a PATA 160Gb for ~100.
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That pricing is for raptors which you would not use for storage in a non-server/workstation system...a regular non-raptor SATA drive costs about $10 more than the same PATA drive.

SATA 160GB ($116.50):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-018&depa=0

PATA 160GB ($108.00):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-025&depa=0

I would recommend the SATA drives as many newer mobo's are coming with less PATA connections. I believe the new intel boards (Grantsdale) only come with 1 PATA header.
 
NeoGodzilla said:
That pricing is for raptors which you would not use for storage in a non-server/workstation system...a regular non-raptor SATA drive costs about $10 more than the same PATA drive.

SATA 160GB ($116.50):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-018&depa=0

PATA 160GB ($108.00):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-025&depa=0

I would recommend the SATA drives as many newer mobo's are coming with less PATA connections. I believe the new intel boards (Grantsdale) only come with 1 PATA header.
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:cool: Thanks for the info.
 
yea, most of the new intel boards have 4 sata connections and 1 pata. with the new motherboards id have to split the two pata drives on one cable

when i get a drive itll be for storage only. but with the new motherboards only supporting a max of 2 ides i guess im going to need a sata here sometime soon
 
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