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Destrox · 02-04-2004, 09:00 PM

Well without going into a completly geeked out definition...

IDE/ATA currently pretty much only comes in two flavors, ATA 100 and 133. Each relating to its speed, 100MBps and 133.

Newer technologies offer higher cache on board, allowing even better performance.

Serial ATA on the otherhand offers a whole new realm.
Starting at a minimum of 150MBps going upwards to 600MBps (You wont find this anywhere atm), and uses a parallel ribbon cable sending 1 bit bus unlike ata's 8bit to 16bit bus.

SATA has built in data protection, part reasoning for the new bus method.

A nice thing about SATA is the loss of worrying about Master and Slave setups, easier bios setups, and is backward compatible with mixing other IDE/ATA devices. They also on newer power supplies get thier own dedicated power cable.

On larger cases ribbon cable lengths can become a problem, with SATA they go up to 39" (1meter) w/out worry of data loss or corruption.

It is highly debatable wether the cost vs performance is worth it atm, but as time goes on you will notice SATA is the future.

Why not switch now?

(Just dont get the impression that SATA is ment to replace SCSI as well, SATA is just a updated faster and better IDE/ATA)

02-04-2004, 09:00 PM	#38 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	Well without going into a completly geeked out definition... IDE/ATA currently pretty much only comes in two flavors, ATA 100 and 133. Each relating to its speed, 100MBps and 133. Newer technologies offer higher cache on board, allowing even better performance. Serial ATA on the otherhand offers a whole new realm. Starting at a minimum of 150MBps going upwards to 600MBps (You wont find this anywhere atm), and uses a parallel ribbon cable sending 1 bit bus unlike ata's 8bit to 16bit bus. SATA has built in data protection, part reasoning for the new bus method. A nice thing about SATA is the loss of worrying about Master and Slave setups, easier bios setups, and is backward compatible with mixing other IDE/ATA devices. They also on newer power supplies get thier own dedicated power cable. On larger cases ribbon cable lengths can become a problem, with SATA they go up to 39" (1meter) w/out worry of data loss or corruption. It is highly debatable wether the cost vs performance is worth it atm, but as time goes on you will notice SATA is the future. Why not switch now? (Just dont get the impression that SATA is ment to replace SCSI as well, SATA is just a updated faster and better IDE/ATA) __________________ You bore me.... next. Last edited by Destrox; 02-04-2004 at 09:05 PM..