Sata or Ide

[MarzVP]

Okay i need to upgrade my computer and i need a bigger drive my motherboard supports both types of drive so what are the pros and cons of each? Thanks for your info.

 

[pendulum]

Um lets see, SATA is faster if you use HDD intensive programs. Um benefits of SATA is basically the drives are thinner allowing for better airflow and cooling...

Basically the major difference is the drive's theoretical speed, IDE between 33 and 133 MB/s, SATA around 600 MB/s... But if you want actual advice, SATA is the way

 

[MarzVP]

Thanxs pendulum they even seem to be cheaper will have to keep researching.

 

[Patrio7]

the biggest diff is $/GB imho

ide for mass flat storage, Sata for that extra shot of juice in the mix

 

[VZTHUNDER]

IDE is outdated tech
the disks are roughly the same size
SATA is a much faster interface. SATA costs more but is worth it as IDE is slow.
you can get IDE and SATA disks in the same size
oh and remember
hDD companies see 1gb as 1000mb not 1024mb like windows does
so if you buy it and there is space missing thats where its gone

 

[pow3rslave]

sata and ide are mostly the same size, mostly. ide (or PATA) is on the way out, lordhsv is kinda right, but there's always a bit of loss for file tables as well.

sata supports plug and play in windows, linux you can mount drives easier, but in windows with sata you can click the remove hardware icon in the start bar and switch the drive off, then unplug it, kinda useful.

watch out for sata connectors, they break easy (just plastic) and are a b!tch to reglue.

difference in price is nonexistent (8 bucks between a 250 gig sata and ide where i shop)

 

[Marco-EFIVL]

Serial ATA (SATA) is the future, this format has been common place now for a good three years or more. IDE and Parellel ATA (PATA) are the past. Most current motherboards won't support anything older than SATA now anyways mate.

 

[padrickz88]

im going to tell you exactly what everybody else has..... go sata..... its newer and cost less so why bother with old technology?

 

[pow3rslave]

only use PATA (ide) for an external drive where speeds don't matter as the enclosures are generally cheaper

 

[VS Omega]

SATA, slightly faster (is there even a drive capable of moving data at the rates SATA-2 is capable of?!) and cheaper. Everyone else has pretty much covered everything