Sata Verus IDE HardDrive

GrayfoxxGrayfoxx
edited March 2005 in Hardware
:) I brought a Western Digital 200GB SATA HardDrive..
what is the meaning of Sata Versus Ide Drives?? :help:

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  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2005
    See the attached pics. The first one is a SATA cable, the second one is an IDE cable.

    SATA is the next evolution of IDE. It's faster (although that doesn't matter for today's drives), the small cables are better for case airflow, SATA is hotswappable (assuming the drive, controller, and OS support it) natively, where as IDE is not.

    If you bought a SATA drive but no SATA ports, you're screwed. You're going to need a SATA controller card.
  • bobbycanadabobbycanada Sea Cliff, N.Y.
    edited March 2005
    Often abbreviated SATA or S-ATA, an evolution of the Parallel ATA physical storage interface. Serial ATA is a serial link -- a single cable with a minimum of four wires creates a point-to-point connection between devices. Transfer rates for Serial ATA begin at 150MBps. One of the main design advantages of Serial ATA is that the thinner serial cables facilitate more efficient airflow inside a form factor and also allow for smaller chassis designs. In contrast, IDE cables used in parallel ATA systems are bulkier than Serial ATA cables and can only extend to 40cm long, while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter. :thumbsup:
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