So I need to buy a new Computer Hard Drive

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Skeletor666

Merried Man
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And I don't know shit.

What the hell is SATA?

I need to by a Hard drive for an older computer to give to the fiance's parents Last tiem I bought a HArd Drive I only had to worry about regular IDE cables. I need some education on this.
 
Xcursion said:
Sata = Serial ATA. Just get a PATA drive and don't worry about SATA.
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PATA what does that stand for?

Some stuff on New Egg only has ATA is that for notebooks?

Others have serial ATA

Then there is IDE Ultra ATA
 
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ParoxysM said:
Buy 4 and RAID them ftw. Buy bigfoots, cause they are big.
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Lol I remember those old 3600 RPM bigfoot drives from about 10 years ago.


Geta PATA bro - its "Parallllllellllll ATA" as in "IDE"

Sata uses a little tiny cable smaller than a USB cable.

I personally like the Seagates these days - you should be able to get a nice 160 for under $100
 
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