ata hard drives

[legacy-graff69]

im about to buy a new ata 160 gig hard drive but

i dont know if my pc is compatible with ATA because someone told me they are really new

but my pc is only a year old

can someone tell me how to figure out if i will be able to use it?

[legacy-Gaal Dornik]

Serial-ATA - new
ATA or EIDE - normal

[legacy-Arclite]

ATA has a really small plug, where as IDE has long plug.

[legacy-shottah_king]

Find out what main board you have go on the internet and check the specs!

[legacy-therealvader]

ATA is the same as EIDE. What kind of mobo do you have? If it was top of the line a year ago, it could have a SATA header.

[legacy-ned-uk]

Originally posted by Arclite
ATA has a really small plug, where as IDE has long plug.

i think you mean s-ata has a small plug. and ata133, ata 100 etc has the long flat 80 pin connector.

[legacy-Arclite]

Originally posted by ned-uk
i think you mean s-ata has a small plug. and ata133, ata 100 etc has the long flat 80 pin connector.

hmmm, my bad. I wish my PC had SATA . I was purchsing 200GB HDD the other day, saw SATA and IDE side by side. Unfortuanatly i had to go with the ancient technology .

[legacy-graff69]

my mother board is NForce and this is the hard drive


http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.js...qp=0&oid=67646

[legacy-FS`Jammer]

If you are thinking of SATA I would recommend the Raptors from Western Digital. They are 10,000 RPM with 8 MB cache. I have one and am getting another for RAID.

[legacy-ned-uk]

Originally posted by Arclite
hmmm, my bad. I wish my PC had SATA . I was purchsing 200GB HDD the other day, saw SATA and IDE side by side. Unfortuanatly i had to go with the ancient technology .

dont worry you aint missing that much really.

[legacy-t0x1k]

Unless your computer is an intel 386 with like 8MB ram, you should be able to use that hardrive, I have the 80GB model. Most if not all motherboards that are less than 6 years old have an onboard IDE.

Sata is total ****, some sata hardrives have been known to perform no beter than an ATA100, it's new technology, hasn't been perfected....wait til Sata2 comes out....

[legacy-graff69]

k stop hijacking my thread and someone tell me if it is compatible with my mother board lol

[legacy-j00f00]

Originally posted by ned-uk
dont worry you aint missing that much really.

This is true. People with ATA drives can use those nifty rounded cables. \o/

[legacy-t0x1k]

It's compatible! Nforce's have ATA controllers on them, like all mobos. Just buy it already!

[legacy-graff69]

Originally posted by t0x1k
Unless your computer is an intel 386 with like 8MB ram, you should be able to use that hardrive, I have the 80GB model. Most if not all motherboards that are less than 6 years old have an onboard IDE.

ok thank you

im going to buy it tomorrow and if it doesnt work im going to hunt you down but thanks :up: