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HoldemHi20
02-10-2006, 02:00 AM
How much difference does sata have over ide. Does it make enough difference to upgrade if i have to install a sata pci card.
Null
02-10-2006, 02:25 AM
SATA holds many advantages over IDE; faster data transfer, smaller cables, less power consumption, hot swapability.

If these advantages are desired, then SATA is the way to go.

However, in your situation as described, the money spent on an SATA card might be better saved to go towards a new motherboard that includes SATA capabilities.

Anyway, that's just my way of thinking, skewed though it may be.
Scott
02-10-2006, 02:46 AM
Yeah I would move to an nForce 4 based motherboard that will come with SATA and RAID options. Not counting Firewall and maybe even SLI if you go for one of those boards.
werty316
02-10-2006, 05:04 AM
NF4 chipset is very stable more so than NF3. NF4 board is the way to go or wait for the M2 and then S939 should go down in price.
Fantasma
02-10-2006, 08:14 AM
I personally think that the bandwith that SATA is capable to give is not used yet and I think that itīs not necessary to upgrade to a SATA hard drive and a SATA pci card if you donīt have to. I bought by SATA HDD because I had a SATA mobo and I wanted to buy a new HDD but not because of STA being a must.
Victor
02-10-2006, 09:12 AM
depends on your budget, if you have money, go for a new mobo and sata hd. If you are short of money, go for just ide HD. Currently, SATA and IDE performs almost identical, so it's not worth to invest too much to the SATA if you don't have it yet (though having SATA HD may allow the HD to use for a bit longer)>
HoldemHi20
02-10-2006, 11:57 PM
The reason i hesitate to get a new MB and processor is that i have a BFG 6800 OC agp video card now and unless i used a MB with agp would have to get new video card as well
XJnine
02-11-2006, 04:55 AM
If it comes down just to the fact of whether you should buy a SATA hard drive to improve the performance of your computer I'd say don't do it. There's not much of a difference in perofrmance right now between SATA and PATA. I agree however that if you already had a mobo capable of SATA you should buy SATA drives instead of continuing to buy PATA drives.

If you're going to do anything to help HD performance on your rig, buy a RAID card and go with a RAID setup. Go with RAID 0 if money is an issue, RAID 5 if you've got a few extra bucks to spend.