Considering Mass Storage

[Graham]

Hey Guys,

I am considering getting about 500 GB worth of storage in SATA I (150 MB/s) hard drives by segate this coming xmas. The problem is that I am scared that SATA I will lose support for whatever motherboard i plan to purchase along with a socket m athlon processor in 2006.

Is there any reason to believe that buying such a format will be extinct any time soon and lead to me wasting xmas cash?

thanks for any help! i want to get mad vids and music for my comp.

 

[Osiris]

We are you support. Go ahead and get it

 

[HAVOC]

Don't buy a $340 (500GIG SATA HDD)

You could buy (2) 250GIG SATA HDD's for $207 and set them up in RAID 0. The performance would be a lot better in RAID 0 and you'd save over $100 dollars.

 

[mike4realz]

Is there any reason to believe that buying such a format will be extinct any time soon and lead to me wasting xmas cash?

no...SATA is the new generation of hard drives that will replace IDE

 

[chog]

If your worried about the new boards having Sata2 then don't. They will come with Sata1 connectors as well.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Yes but sometimes the controller card that is built into the motherboard isn't compatable with the other card. That can lead to issues when trying to read the drives....

 

[Graham]

I plan to get two on-sale 250 GB seagates from newegg.com since they are surprisingly cheaper than the 200 GBs which i originally planned to get.

From what i understand SATA 150 MB/s is a huge improvement over IDE speeds. I have read a few things saying SATA II's 3 GB/s is a questionable claim over its predecessor.