Seagate vs. Western Digital vs. Maxtor (1 Viewer)
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http://www.serialata.org/about/index.shtml
Here check that out. As you can see, right now Serial ATA isnt that big, and only the 'newer' motherboards are supporting it. It's eventual goal is to replace the original Parallel ATA (that long think grey cable in computers for those of you who dont know). Eventually, Serial ATA floppy drives want to be made too. But you never know if something is gonna hit or not. There have been previous attempts to replace the old Parallel connection that all failed. Hopefully this one will hit big. It already is supported by most new motherboards in the market.
try this too even though its a little old:
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0BRZ/11_22/98977131/p1/article.jhtml?term=
The last page says it all.
Here check that out. As you can see, right now Serial ATA isnt that big, and only the 'newer' motherboards are supporting it. It's eventual goal is to replace the original Parallel ATA (that long think grey cable in computers for those of you who dont know). Eventually, Serial ATA floppy drives want to be made too. But you never know if something is gonna hit or not. There have been previous attempts to replace the old Parallel connection that all failed. Hopefully this one will hit big. It already is supported by most new motherboards in the market.
try this too even though its a little old:
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0BRZ/11_22/98977131/p1/article.jhtml?term=
The last page says it all.
Well, if you want to use SATA you have to buy a SATA HDD. They have a complete new connection method. From my understanding there is no converter from parrallel (ultra) to serial ata. The SATA hdd are generally 10 - 20 $ more expensive than your regular hdd. They have their own cables (which new Mother boards come with) Very nice cables by the way, slim and and compact. THere is no Master and Slave option, so each hdd has its own cable connection, which obvisouly results in better performance. They power connection cable is also new and you can get a converter for that one from the normal power supply 4 pin power to the new slim design of the same cable. I dont know if all of the SATA hdd have that new power supply connection, but my seagate does and it makes it look more compact and stylish.
No, alot of the time on parallel (actually most of the time when you have 2 hdd) you have both harddrives on the same cable line going into the Primary IDE slot of your M/B. CD-ROM and other drives go into the Secondary slot of the M/B. With Serial ata, each component has its own direct connection to the M/B.