That HD looks good, and I have a WD in my current box so I'd lean toward one of these drives, but what is the difference between SATA and the UltraATA I selected with my build??
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That HD looks good, and I have a WD in my current box so I'd lean toward one of these drives, but what is the difference between SATA and the UltraATA I selected with my build??
Ultra ATA uses a big fat ribbon cable
SATA uses a thin, sexy cable
SATA is the new technology. While it's capable of transferring at higher speeds, hard drives don't really benefit from it. The ease of installation and airflow benefits make SATA much better still though.
Plus, your motherboard is so cheap that it probably only comes with one IDE cable and one SATA cable. Since you chose an IDE dvd drive, you should definitely go with a SATA hard drive if you don't normally have spare cables floating around.
Personally, I'd say to go SATA on both your optical and hard drive, but that's because I have easy access to tons of extra cables.
SATA uses a thin, sexy cable
SATA is the new technology. While it's capable of transferring at higher speeds, hard drives don't really benefit from it. The ease of installation and airflow benefits make SATA much better still though.
Plus, your motherboard is so cheap that it probably only comes with one IDE cable and one SATA cable. Since you chose an IDE dvd drive, you should definitely go with a SATA hard drive if you don't normally have spare cables floating around.
Personally, I'd say to go SATA on both your optical and hard drive, but that's because I have easy access to tons of extra cables.
Hey, I'm looking at the QVL.. but I'm not sure what that means. Are those the only memory sticks tested with the mobo that are sure to work? I see OCZ are tested and qualified for the 1066, not for the 667, does that mean that by getting those sticks of memory I'm risking them not working?
The chances of snagging RAM and a motherboard that are incompatible are pretty low normally. I've seen it before, but it doesn't happen a lot. You're probably safe with what you chose. And if not, you'll notice it quickly when the system constantly crashes and you can return the RAM for something different.
Ultra ATA uses a big fat ribbon cable
SATA uses a thin, sexy cable
SATA is the new technology. While it's capable of transferring at higher speeds, hard drives don't really benefit from it. The ease of installation and airflow benefits make SATA much better still though.
Plus, your motherboard is so cheap that it probably only comes with one IDE cable and one SATA cable. Since you chose an IDE dvd drive, you should definitely go with a SATA hard drive if you don't normally have spare cables floating around.
Personally, I'd say to go SATA on both your optical and hard drive, but that's because I have easy access to tons of extra cables.
cool, thanks man. I'm about to make the switch to the WD you recommended, but because it is OEM it doesn't come with the SATA cable.. would my mobo come with this cable typically, or is this something I need to worry about buying seperatly?
I think I'm all set, thank you 
