SATA & ATA-133

mrpotatoman · TweakNOOB Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 17

I was looking at an Asus motherboard ( A7N8X-E Deluxe ) and it supports SATA. Can I use an ATA-133 on it? Also what is the difference between an 8mb buffer hard drive and 2mb one. I there a big speed difference? Thanx

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Ham_fisT · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:25 pm Post subject:

I have seen adaptors that plug into an ata drive to enable using it as SATA, dont know how well they work, but you can use that sexy Thin SATA cable :^)

for the buffer, more is always better!
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2old2care · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: SATA & ATA-133

smith.p.sean · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:57 pm Post subject:

More is not always better, many times marketing schemes add more of something to make it more attractive to a consumer when the product is not really better at all. Take for instance the pentium 4 E class processors, they have a 1024mb system cache while the C has only 512, and yet IMO the C is 10 times better than the E cause of heat issues and what not. Good to research before u buy mrpotatoman, and for the hd hammy is right, more is better, but ask for other things as well, cause its not always the case. BTW welcome to TN!

mrpotatoman · TweakNOOB Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 17

what is a RAID?

smith.p.sean · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:59 pm Post subject:

U can read more about RAID setups in this thread
http://www.tweaknews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3054

Basically a setup that controlls hard disks in different ways depending on the type of raid, (see above thread for all types of RAID.)

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JayDubya · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:16 pm Post subject:

Yes, if you really want to know what it is, try to google for an article about RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5. This can be more expensive but it really pays off for some.
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