IDE vs SATA II

[carey_w]

Hey,

I am wanting to purchase a new external HDD... i have no room left in my case but im gonna get a caddy and run it through USB2... would there be any advantage in getting a SATA II caddy and HDD over simply getting an IDE caddy and HDD, if i'm just going to be running them through usb2 anyway?

thanks heaps!

Carey

 

[peterhuang913]

wow i never thought of that, anyone know the answer?

 

[b1gapl]

SATA II, is not that much faster than IDE. The difference is not really noticeable.