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acemuniz
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_ 		22. June 2006 @ 17:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Could someone explain this to me like what is the difference between this and the regular ide connection and are they both the same or different
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rcrockett
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 11:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Regular IDE is called PATA. Parallel ATA, but mostly just reffered to as ATA. SATA, is Serial ATA, and transfers data serially, instead of parallely.

SATA is a newer technology and is coming standard on new systems. It's faster than PATA, and uses a small thiner cable instead of the large ribbon cables.

Some pictures of the differences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA
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acemuniz
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 14:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i c so then if iwas doing a new build could i use any harddrive as a sata??
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pulsar
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 14:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
IDE has a transfer rate of up to 133 MB/sec, a good SATA will have a rate of 3Gb/sec..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Seagate_SATA.html

Obviously you have to have a SATA HD for a SATA connection. An IDE HD only has an IDE connector, so NO you cannot use any HD as a SATA!


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acemuniz
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_ 		25. June 2006 @ 14:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i get it now thanx
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