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    Quick question about HD connections...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by RoyalScion, Jul 13, 2007.

  1. RoyalScion

    RoyalScion Notebook Consultant

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    Is an SATA drive in a notebook significantly faster than a standard PATA drive?
    I was interested in buying a W3J... until the fact it only had a PATA drive caught my eye. Would it make any real difference in speed?

    Thanks in advance,
    RS
     
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  2. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    The connection itself does not make a differance. SATA is faster but notebook hard dirves are still well below 133mb/s which is the maximum for PATA. However the new SATA drivers are a generation ahead of the older PATA drivers. The fastest drivers are not available as PATA but only SATA, I think the maximum storage for PATA is 160gb 5400rpm and i dont expect much more to come out. A 80gb 5400rpm SATA drive wont be much different from a 80gb 5400rpm PATA driver.
     
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  3. lupin..the..3rd

    lupin..the..3rd Notebook Evangelist

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    There is zero real world speed difference between SATA and PATA in a notebook. In fact, SATA uses about twice as much power as PATA, so you'll get longer battery life with PATA.

    And SATA-300 uses considerably more power than SATA-150. Which makes me wonder why notebook manufacturers are even offering it, since no notebook drives even come close to saturating SATA-150.
     
    lupin..the..3rd, Jul 13, 2007
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