SATA and IDE... What's the diff???

[bobsaget]

I've heard about IDE drives and SATA drives. I don't know what the difference between them is.

Could someone explain this to me?

Is my setup (in sig) capable of SATA interface?






thanks

 

[BillLeeLee]

SATA and PATA (Both are IDE I think) are two ways to connect storage devices. SATA uses a small 6 pin connector, and it's a serial interface. PATA on the other hand uses those big 40 pin ribbon cables and transfers data over a parallel interface.

SATA has a maximum theoretical throughput of 150 MB/s right now; PATA maxes out at ATA/133. In practice, both pretty much transfer at the same rates anyways, probably around 50 - 60 MB/s depending on the drive.

I think the a7N8X has SATA connectors on it, so yeah, you could use SATA drives.

 

[jacuzz1]

SATA drives dont require the traditional master/slave jumpers.