• Harddrives
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What does it mean when a harddrive has SATA?
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Attachment[/url] Here, read these. If you are too lazy, it's basically the slot where you plug the cable, where the data moves. There are two different kinds of them, PATA and SATA, Modern motherboards support both, older support only PATA. SATA has smaller cables and better transfer speeds, and are often a bit cheaper.
What evilking said, sata is better, unfortunately I bought an IDE HDD for my new PC.
SATA is a Serial bus connection. I believe 6.0GB/s is the modern transfer speed now.
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;21052771]SATA is a Serial bus connection. I believe 6 is the modern transfer speed now.[/QUOTE] 3.0GB/s ???
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;21052771]SATA is a Serial bus connection. I believe 6.0GB/s is the modern transfer speed now.[/QUOTE]Way to go! Revive a nearly 3 year old thread. And no, most still use 3.0Gb/s. Only a few motherboards support 6Gb/s and there are even fewer 6Gb/s hard drives.
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