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illroot
05-25-2003, 07:01 PM
I've been reading abit about Serial ATA drives and they're pretty **** fast. Would/Could you mix the use of SATA and conventional IDE drives? I was thinking of setting up a comp with an SATA drive as the boot and main drive and have an IDE as storage. Would that benefit me in anyway? I do alot of 3D work and AfterFX work... Any opinions? Thx.
BipolarBill
05-25-2003, 09:10 PM
Yes it would benefit you. SATA is faster and you would be using separate controllers too for more real bandwidth overall. It's a great idea.
$1500-P4 gamer
05-25-2003, 09:15 PM
SATA is going to replace IDE eventually. THats for sure. Glad mine has SATA raid onboard.:D
illroot
05-25-2003, 11:45 PM
Now is the only SATA drive that's available on the market, the Western Digital Raptor, or are there others? I've only seen reviews for that drive.

*update*
Never mind that^. I found others. Just seems like the WD Raptor is the only one that spins at 10000rpm. Could you guys recommend any other SATA drives? Thx.
BipolarBill
05-25-2003, 11:53 PM
Seagate has the only other SATA drive on the market:

http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200301/20030110ST3120023AS_1.html