Ultra-ATA 133 or Serial Ata

3rd February 2004, 02:02

I was wondering whether it is worth changing over my 80Gb Maxtor 7200rpm 2md cache Harddrive from a Ultra-ATA 133 setup to a Serial ATA setup. Is it really worth it? any real improvements other than Windows Loading times? My crappy Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-7N400-L1 with no SATA connection, are the SATA conversion sockets any good? I saw one on dabs http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/comp...quicklinx=2HL9

thanks in adv

Mak

RichBa5tard · 3rd February 2004, 03:35

If your motherboard hasn't got a sata connection, how are you planning to connect the sata drive? The adapter is intended for attaching a pata drive to a sata controller (which you don't have).

If your motherboard had a sata controller, i would say the upgrade ata133 2mb cache > sata 150 8mb cache is worth it.
Attaching a pata drive to a sata connector using the abit serrilel adapter won't gain you any speed.

If I were you I'd sell your motherboard + HD and buy a sata disk + sata capable nforce2 board.

16th February 2004, 12:04

eh, i wouldnt bother, and just wait and get sata with your next upgrade, it really wouldnt make much of a diff for all of the cost/ trouble right now

3rd February 2004, 02:02	#1
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	Ultra-ATA 133 or Serial Ata I was wondering whether it is worth changing over my 80Gb Maxtor 7200rpm 2md cache Harddrive from a Ultra-ATA 133 setup to a Serial ATA setup. Is it really worth it? any real improvements other than Windows Loading times? My crappy Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-7N400-L1 with no SATA connection, are the SATA conversion sockets any good? I saw one on dabs http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/comp...quicklinx=2HL9 thanks in adv Mak

3rd February 2004, 03:35	#2
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	If your motherboard hasn't got a sata connection, how are you planning to connect the sata drive? The adapter is intended for attaching a pata drive to a sata controller (which you don't have). If your motherboard had a sata controller, i would say the upgrade ata133 2mb cache > sata 150 8mb cache is worth it. Attaching a pata drive to a sata connector using the abit serrilel adapter won't gain you any speed. If I were you I'd sell your motherboard + HD and buy a sata disk + sata capable nforce2 board. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

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16th February 2004, 12:04	#3
IKilledMyAGOIA Posts: n/a	eh, i wouldnt bother, and just wait and get sata with your next upgrade, it really wouldnt make much of a diff for all of the cost/ trouble right now