manuel Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 (edited) I run out of space - i need a new drive (and a fresh install...)I have an ABIT NF7-S motherboard - which I assume means I can whack a SATA hard drive in ... (better ?) but then I look on eshitter and there is SATA II and SATA 150 (which i assume is older)I also read somewhere that II is backward compatible ? So is it worth getting a SATA drive over an IDE drive ? will the performance be any better ?and the other question is - my old drive is an IDE drive - can I use both at the same time - using the SATA as the main drive.Im abit out of the loop on pc's as mine is like 5-6 years old !!! (I think)Cheers..RJ Edited November 20, 2007 by manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boon racoon Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 sata drives transfer data faster as far as im awarebut if you've got 1 ide and 1 sata then you'll always be limited by the ide speed between drivesand there should be a setting in the bios of the motherboard to select the sata as the main drive. took me ages to figure out on mine though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 SATA drives are generally 'better' than IDE drives as they're slightly faster, the cable is small and they've got a future!SATA/II are compatible with each other and if your motherboard supports SATA II then it'll be faster than standard SATA (assuming the hard drive used is also SATA II).Yes, you can use both drives simultaneously with the SATA as the main drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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