What is the real diff between SATA150 and EIDE?

moregolf · 01-23-2006, 05:10 PM

I have two (120 & 200) GByte SATA drives. I also have a 34 GByte EIDE. They seem to be about the same speed. I just came from a full SCSI LVD nachine, with 17 GByte drives. The drives are too expensive for me, so I went SATA. Mistake? or ?

*SRTDodge05* · 01-23-2006, 05:19 PM

Sata is the fasest and cheapest way to go. SCSI is nice if your machine can handle them and have the money to spend. so you made a good choose getting sata.

moregolf · 01-23-2006, 05:58 PM

Thanks. I did like the speed of the SCSI. Just have to be humble I guess.

Zeppelin · 01-23-2006, 10:48 PM

Here are some of the speeds for your consideration:

UltraATA/133 1 Gbps

SATA 150 1.2 Gbps

Ultra320 SCSI 2.560 Gbps

Ultra640 SCSI 5.120 Gbps

Cheers,

Zeppelin

moregolf · 01-23-2006, 11:32 PM

If I read that correctly, a Ultra 160 SCSI should be about the same as a SATA150, true?

**pointreyes** · 01-23-2006, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by moregolf

If I read that correctly, a Ultra 160 SCSI should be about the same as a SATA150, true?

That is true and it's about the max you will get out of the PCI bus. Wait until after 9:00 tonight I will provide you with the results of my brand new 74GB Raptor and my old 74GB 15.4krpm Seagate Cheetahs (Ultra 320 SCSI). I should have a chance to run ATTO on the drives at that time on the same motherboard. There's not much of a difference. However, there is a difference between the Raptors and the Cheetahs and the usual SATA drives.

Zeppelin · 01-23-2006, 11:42 PM

Ultra160 SCSI 1.280 Gbps

The previous 'ultra' listed was for drives like the maxtor at 133 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 or 9 6E040L0 or 6Y040L0 40GB ATA/133 7200RPM Hard Drive *** Free 2nd Day

Most IDE today is at 100 Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3402111A 40GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive w/2MB Buffer ***Free 2nd Day***

More info on HDD can be found here. Enjoy: http://www.storagereview.com/guide20...hdd/index.html

moregolf · 01-23-2006, 11:50 PM

Thanks. The new SATA's seem slow compared to the U160's that I had. Wish I could have afforded the bigger SCSI, but in reality, I didn't need the faster speed. More of a nicety than a necessity.

Zeppelin · 01-24-2006, 12:20 AM

I can understand how it can bug you. I am running my games on my game box off of an IDE drive. The previous installation was on a SATA raid 0 setup and the games loaded very much faster.

edit fixed typos

**pointreyes** · 01-24-2006, 12:39 AM

With all the computer builds I've been through, I discovered that I did not have a photo editor installed just yet. So, I used the MAC - much to my surprise I did not realize that I can now save images in PDF format!

My SCSI had odd results for the write speeds with smaller files. Overall, the Raptor did the best. However, the old Maxline II SATA and the Raptor did quite similar with the smaller files.

Zeppelin · 01-24-2006, 02:40 AM

You will find lots of nice surprises on the Mac. Screen captures and partial screen captures rule!

OK, the SCSI won, by a little, but what RPM and which SCSI iteration?

**pointreyes** · 01-24-2006, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeppelin

OK, the SCSI won, by a little, but what RPM and which SCSI iteration?

Post #6 gave that information.

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moregolf Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Denver Posts: 1,464	What is the real diff between SATA150 and EIDE? I have two (120 & 200) GByte SATA drives. I also have a 34 GByte EIDE. They seem to be about the same speed. I just came from a full SCSI LVD nachine, with 17 GByte drives. The drives are too expensive for me, so I went SATA. Mistake? or ?
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01-23-2006, 05:19 PM	#2
SRTDodge05 Grab Life By The Balls Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,830	Sata is the fasest and cheapest way to go. SCSI is nice if your machine can handle them and have the money to spend. so you made a good choose getting sata.
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01-23-2006, 05:58 PM	#3
moregolf Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Denver Posts: 1,464	Thanks. I did like the speed of the SCSI. Just have to be humble I guess.
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01-23-2006, 10:48 PM	#4
Zeppelin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,203	Here are some of the speeds for your consideration: UltraATA/133 1 Gbps SATA 150 1.2 Gbps Ultra320 SCSI 2.560 Gbps Ultra640 SCSI 5.120 Gbps Cheers, Zeppelin
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01-23-2006, 11:32 PM	#5
moregolf Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Denver Posts: 1,464	If I read that correctly, a Ultra 160 SCSI should be about the same as a SATA150, true?
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01-23-2006, 11:42 PM	#7
Zeppelin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,203	Ultra160 SCSI 1.280 Gbps The previous 'ultra' listed was for drives like the maxtor at 133 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 or 9 6E040L0 or 6Y040L0 40GB ATA/133 7200RPM Hard Drive * Free 2nd Day Most IDE today is at 100 Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3402111A 40GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive w/2MB Buffer Free 2nd Day** More info on HDD can be found here. Enjoy: http://www.storagereview.com/guide20...hdd/index.html
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01-23-2006, 11:50 PM	#8
moregolf Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Denver Posts: 1,464	Thanks. The new SATA's seem slow compared to the U160's that I had. Wish I could have afforded the bigger SCSI, but in reality, I didn't need the faster speed. More of a nicety than a necessity.
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01-24-2006, 12:20 AM	#9
Zeppelin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,203	I can understand how it can bug you. I am running my games on my game box off of an IDE drive. The previous installation was on a SATA raid 0 setup and the games loaded very much faster. edit fixed typos Last edited by Zeppelin : 01-24-2006 at 02:37 AM.
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01-24-2006, 02:40 AM	#11
Zeppelin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,203	You will find lots of nice surprises on the Mac. Screen captures and partial screen captures rule! OK, the SCSI won, by a little, but what RPM and which SCSI iteration?
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