SATA or IDE?
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SATA. IDE is old, slow and clumsly (the cables that is).
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SATA is much much neater cable wise than IDE and also slightly faster (though probably not noticeable)
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They still sell IDE parts? 
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Should be a law against it tbh.Yep
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+1 for sata
The hard drives are quicker, silent and don't produce as much heat as ide hd's.
Also, you aint got the 1000000 lined ribbons cable with sata
The hard drives are quicker, silent and don't produce as much heat as ide hd's.
Also, you aint got the 1000000 lined ribbons cable with sata
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I only got rid of my IDE dvdburner a while ago
Still got my IDE dvd writter, and I don't see a reason to upgrade, apart from the ables being a tad messy it's not like SATA is going to give me faster read or write performance is it!
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Ever heard of rounded IDE cables? LOL
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SATA!
Faster and don't have to pee about with jumpers on the back of the drive (as there are none).
Also the cables are MUCH thinner. Rounded IDE cables are better than normal ones but sata ones beat them every time.
Faster and don't have to pee about with jumpers on the back of the drive (as there are none).
Also the cables are MUCH thinner. Rounded IDE cables are better than normal ones but sata ones beat them every time.
Unless you need to repair an older system...
IDE will still be available for a year or two yet as there are a lot of older systems that use them
Go for SATA
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Unless you need to repair an older system...
IDE will still be available for a year or two yet as there are a lot of older systems that use them
Go for SATA
Thats true, Buy in BULK IDE cables now.!
when they go bye bye, you will make a fortune
mwhahaha
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Of course it is sata, no one buys IDE for a new build anymore.
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They're still huge in comparison to SATA cables. You can't "round" the 4ft wide IDE connector either and most IDE cables have a connector in the middle of the ribbon.
I finally got a SATA DVD drive a few weeks ago. Made my new cable management so much neater! [ripping out the Front IO audio header cables and 3 USB header cables I never used also helped!]