Just ran it for fun...I think that SATA is now nothing more then a load of junk. My 3Dmark05 score went down by about 100 points from before format, and superpi takes 2 more seconds to run then usual. Small things, but...in my opinion, SATA is not worth it. My IDE drive worked fine, and I had special sleeved ribbon cables. So guys, the next time you go for a hard drive...go with IDE
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