what's the difference in HDDs?:confused:

[djd_201]

I am a little slow in the head :confused: and if you don't mind explaining...

whats the difference in HDD terminology between IDE HDDs and something like a ata 66 hard drive

I've seen different types and I know about SCSI and such...help?

[Benssax]

ATA 66, AtA 100, ATA133 are all IDE HDD's its just what the maximum it can do. 66mbs, 100mbs and so on. What really matters the most is if its 5400 or 7200 which makes a big difference..

[djd_201]

thanks, cleared that up easy enough..I appreciate it

[cheekymonkey]

bear in mind, the faster they spin, the hotter they get (IDE more the case)

[gregorian]

it is true that disk RPM is important, as most HDDs cannot take full use of ATA 100 or 133's bandwidth. so ATA 66 is gd enuff unless you have an ATA133 100+ GB HDD.
also, seagate (and some other manufctrs) has come up with HDDs running at 10000RPM or more...these are the drives wich use SCSI interface instead of IDE.

[djd_201]

gd'enuff...I had run across a 10Gb ata66 HDD and was thinking about buying it used, but wasn't sure of the compatability issues...I could have pulled out the book but it has ID's adn glossary but not explanations...just like...

whats the diff between IDE and EIDE and are they compatible to a normal Mobo's forms:confused:

[kazuza]

Yes! The difference is the "E" for "Enhanced" before the "IDE"

[NDD]

EIDE (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/E/EIDE.html)