will using and ide to sata adaptor make my drive as fast as sata?

[ste2425]

would buying an IDE to Sata adaptor mean my drive will transfer the information faster then it would connected to an IDE socket on my mobo?

 

[mrhuggles]

no

 

[Deleted member 3]

SATA drivers don't even reach 133MB/s on their own. So it's not like it would matter much either way.

 

[Silverel]

Kinda... HD's only go so fast anyways. IDE is good for up to 66MB/s, SATA is considerably more. However most 5400/7200 RPM drives would have trouble filling the 66MB/s anyways. SSD's and burst rate (on HDD's) due to cache might be limited.

If you found a better deal on a SATA drive, but only have IDE connectivity, you might as well use it. Theoretically, SATA is tons faster, but actually using those speeds isn't as likely.

 

[mrhuggles]

yeah, my drive can barely do 100mb/sec

 

[mrhuggles]

Kinda... HD's only go so fast anyways. IDE is good for up to 66MB/s, SATA is considerably more. However most 5400/7200 RPM drives would have trouble filling the 66MB/s anyways. SSD's and burst rate (on HDD's) due to cache might be limited.

If you found a better deal on a SATA drive, but only have IDE connectivity, you might as well use it. Theoretically, SATA is tons faster, but actually using those speeds isn't as likely.

i really dont think thats right i think it can do theorhetical maximum of 133mb/sec but i think alot less than that, maybe around 110-125? i wonder...

 

[Silverel]

Mmm, yeah. I lol'd at myself.

Depends on your ATA setting. 33, 66, 100, or 133.

Sata 1 does 187.5 MB/s
Sata 2 does 375 MB/s
Sata 2 (when released) should do 600 MB/s

Nothing really comes close to Sata 1... except the Intel SSD.

Unless you look at burst speeds, which hardly fill sata 2.

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