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HRGraham
01-22-2004, 05:33 PM
I was thinking about buying another hard drive and was considering trying SATA out. I want 120GB or larger. Does anyone here have the NF7-S or similar Abit boards and have used SATA?
fac3less
01-23-2004, 02:09 AM
I don't. :)

LOL. okay - sorry.

But as I was going to sya - I've heard SATA ain't that great. (or as 'good' as its hyped to be)

so stick with scsi or ide (there are some sick 8mb cache drives out there with like seek times faster than my brain.. but that wouldn't take much.. would it)

Update: I'm retarded. :b. Anyways. I don't know what I'm talking about.
Viper007Bond
01-23-2004, 04:11 AM
I hear SATA is MUCH faster (like, you can really notice it)...

But that wasn't your question and I have no clue what board I have, so...
johnb
01-23-2004, 10:22 AM
I don't have it personally, but I've heard nothing but good things about SATA.
HRGraham
01-23-2004, 10:23 AM
I've heard nothing but good things about it. Seagate is already making an SATA 7200rpm Barracuda(200GB). On the SerialATA.org site it says 1.5Gbps(150mb/sec) speeds are possible.

Also check this out:

What is the long-term road map for Serial ATA?
Serial ATA defines a roadmap starting at 1.5 gigabits per second (equivalent to a data rate of 150MB/s) and migrating to 3.0 gigabits per second (300 MB/s), then to 6.0 gigabits per second (600 MB/s). This roadmap supports up to 10 years of storage evolution, based on historical trends.

You can learn more about it by going to www.serialata.org.
fac3less
01-23-2004, 11:35 AM
Erm, yeah I guess I'll go with SATA too! 8b

Only thing I'm scared of is not having enough connectors.

;(

<- newbie
Viper007Bond
01-23-2004, 05:20 PM
Many SATA HD's come with a PCI cards for hooking it up since most mother boards don't have SATA support.
johnb
01-23-2004, 05:23 PM
Thus limiting you to the speed of the PCI bus, but I suppose it's good to have until supporting mobos are more prevelant.
sznapsDOTcom
01-23-2004, 05:48 PM
My new mobo, has sata combatible connections, I haven't tried it out, i'm wondering if i should...
vanselus
01-23-2004, 06:17 PM
I've heard nothing but good things from Graham about SATA.

Get it. Then let us know.
paolorulez
01-24-2004, 08:52 PM
abit NF7-S and sata HD is a very problem..

but nf7 is good mum:D

read this forum for info


http://forums.amdmb.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=7