I igotyofire Baseband Member Messages 33 Jan 14, 2006 #1 seek times look about the same, the serial drive seems pointless unless its a 10,000rpm drive?
reggie_da_man Fully Optimized Messages 2,679 Jan 14, 2006 #2 Well a SATA drive can transfer at 150mbps where as an IDE can only do 133mbps.
F Flanker Banned Messages 2,327 Jan 14, 2006 #5 igotyofire said: Is Sata 150 7200rpm faster then IDE 7200rpm? Click to expand... Not significantly.
reggie_da_man Fully Optimized Messages 2,679 Jan 14, 2006 #6 But the faster transfer rate will make the noticable difference.
F Flanker Banned Messages 2,327 Jan 14, 2006 #7 No no, I'm serious. You won't notice it. 17mbps more is SO tiny...plus you barely ever use it.
reggie_da_man Fully Optimized Messages 2,679 Jan 14, 2006 #8 It will shave some time off loading games.