SATA vs. IDE

I have two IDE drives right now, in RAID0 (250gb). Everyones talking about the new(er) SATA, but from my understanding, you wouldnt really notice any performance increases if the RPM is still 7200? So would I benefit anything from upgrading?

Thanks,
Alex

 

Well yes they are faster than pata (sata 150mbps sata2 300mbps)
Whether you would notice the difference in that rig of yours is debatable
Personally I dont really think it would worth the hassle, others may have a different play on it

 

Thanks for the opinions, I didn't think it would make a big difference...One more thing, I'm thinking about upgrading my graphics card, (ATI RADEON x1300 isn't cutting it anymore), and having a 350W PSU may not be good enough? What kind of PSU should I look for? I was looking at a 500W and a 650W one...

 

lol, im going to be brave and ask a stupid question... I've installed motherboards before, but I installed them in systems that were going to be built, and I put in the motherboard, then PSU, then other components. I wont damage anything by opening it up, and taking out the old PSU (When i get a new one) and just connecting the new one....? My friend did that and he fried a motherboard+ram while trying to boot it up after installing new PSU...

I guess it's just better to be safe than sorry :-D

 

...and don't change the PSU while the system is powered up or plugged in...

Also, it'll depend on your gaming requirements and buget.

GF7600 type card will work fine with a good 350~400watt PSU...
GF7900+ 400~500watt PSU (single card) - also consider RAID 1... RAID-0 is not exactly a RAID and if you lose a drive or get errors, all your data can be mangled.



SATA II, while the RPMs is not any better, the interface of SATA drives is better than PATA... but its not worth replacing your drives. On your next system upgrade, go to SATAII with bigger 400~700GB drives

 

I changed case and left my sata power connector resting on my CPU fan for about an hour. Didn't notice anything until I idly glanced over at my front temp screen and noticed my CPU was at 62 degrees C!

Opened up speedfan to double check, it was right and the CPU fan was 0rpm. I had a very lucky escape, had I gone on a game than just used it for internet at the time, I'm sure my CPU would have fried.