Author Topic: New HD : S-ATA or IDE ? (Read 447 times)

straffo · « **on:** June 10, 2003, 02:19:45 AM »

I've to get a new HD to start video editing ...

My current config is :
1 CD-ROM
1 CD-Burner
1 Zip 100 IDE
a "huge" 8 GB IDE HD
on a A7N8X-deluxe with a Barton 2500 + 1 GB memory ...

I want to get ride of the 8 GB ... should I get a Sata or an IDE ?

Animal · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2003, 02:40:36 AM »

Get SATA if possible!
But stick to a good brand and good RPM. 7200 minimum.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2003, 02:41:34 AM »

I have no idea if SATA at this early stage all its "supposed" to be like many new products at introduction but I would be inclined to go with it because of the smaller sized connector cables - I hate ribbon cables.

straffo · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:26:58 AM »

I'm thinking of a Maxtor - DiamondMax Plus9 SATA - 120 - 8 or a Seagate - Barracuda SATA 7200.7 - 120 - 8

I'll go for the Maxtor what do you think ?

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:55:24 AM »

The best performing S-ATA hd at the moment is Western Digital Raptor (10000rpm)

No other HD comes even close (except scsi drives.)

straffo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2003, 04:16:34 AM »

Perhaps but it's a 36 Go drive and I think I'll need a bit more room for video editing ...?

Kess ten pense ?

LePaul · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2003, 10:13:00 AM »

If there is one thing I have learned with hard drives, steer clear of Samsung at ALL costs.

I have had 3 hard drives all fail one month after the one year warranties are up.

Pfunk · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2003, 10:58:53 AM »

SATA at this point is worthless and much more expensive you would be better off grabbing a WD or Maxtor 8MB buffer drive.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2003, 12:22:27 PM »

Straffo slap in 3 of those raptors in a raid configuration and you'll have a true kickass HD. You'll finish loading before the IDE drives manage to find the track.. (well almost..

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Mini D · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2003, 12:27:18 PM »

Serial ATA all the way. Its faster and doesn't have that stupid bellybutton ribbon.

MiniD

Pfunk · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:34:38 PM »

From the performance perspective, there is nothing to be gained from changing over to Serial ATA. The next generation of disk drives from Seagate, Maxtor, and WD and Co. is just around the corner, and it will still be well served by UltraATA/100. Anyone considering Serial ATA is more likely to be swayed by the robustness of its data handling and by the price of Serial ATA drives being pitted against that of conventional ATA disk drives.

http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20020812/ide_serialata-08.html

Even though it won’t make a difference in performance, again the smaller cables will help make notebooks even more compact. Everything is going Serial ATA, so it is tangible to assume that notebooks will follow suit.

JB66 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2003, 08:00:24 PM »

I've just recently started working in a small computer shop, and everyone there swears by SCSI hard drives. The newer drives have a transfer rate of 133 mb's a second and a latency of 2.7ms. They are perfect for video editing and movie playback, they are a little more trouble to install, but from what I've seen, the benefits outway the extra steps to set the drive up. And they are designed to be used 24 hours a day unlike an IDE drive that is designed to be used up to 10 hours a day.
By using a SCSI controller, it takes some of the load off of the CPU.
Even the older SCSI drives outperform most new IDE drives.
And a word of warning, stay away from WD IDE drives, my boss says that he has always had a hard time returning them, and as for quality they are on the lower rung. AS for my personal experience, I've just recently had a three year old WD drive fail.
I recently switched my home system over to two SCSI Hard drives, and it was fairly easy, now if I can find a good SCSI CDRW, I'll be set.
Just an alternative view point, not meant to start a flame fest.