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    Asus W3j 100gb Sata or Pata Hard Drive?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by iNsAnEcLoWn, Apr 3, 2006.

  1. iNsAnEcLoWn

    iNsAnEcLoWn Notebook Consultant

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    sorry for the new thread but I can't find any info on wether this notebook supports sata or pata and if the included hard drive is sata. anyone know? thanks
     
    iNsAnEcLoWn, Apr 3, 2006
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    killerjay_47 Notebook Geek

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    I've heard that it is only PATA. Not a big deal for me, personally.

    Jay
     
    killerjay_47, Apr 3, 2006
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's PATA, only the Z71v has SATA compatiablilty in ASUS's lineup.
     
    coriolis, Apr 3, 2006
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    thanks guys
     
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    As an aside, Danny at CanadaSys did some benchmarking on PATA vs SATA using 5400rpm of both and a 7200rpm PATA drive, and the results show that SATA is only a moderate improvement on PATA for the same speed drive, but the 7200rpm drive blew both out of the water. Results are here, see post #14. Disclaimer: I didn't check out his testing method so I can't vouch for accuracy.

    Jay
     
    killerjay_47, Apr 3, 2006
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