Tobias DiPasquale on 24 Dec 2003 13:16:02 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] hard drive interface question


On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 12:41, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I'm buying a new hard drive.  Does anyone know the difference between
> EIDE vs EIDE/U133 vs ATA/133 vs SATA?  Should I care when my usage is
> not gaming?

ATA/IDE/EIDE:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1461130&displaytype=printable

Serial ATA:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1314500&displaytype=printable

I'd say, if you can afford it, always get the faster I/O tech. That
would be Serial ATA in this case.

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