SATA vs PATA

Is there a speed difference between the two, and if so, is it noticeable on doing tasks such as installing applications and burning disks? Currently I have a Lite-on DVD-ROM and a HP DVD 640i.

Garethman!!`

SATA is faster but PATA is still MANY time faster than the fastest optical drive, which means the only benifit is a cleaner case.

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Joe2005

joe2005 are you hoisting an engine out of a P/U ? I am in the 7% I listen to country and Blue grass.

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LA1

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joe2005 are you hoisting an engine out of a P/U ? I am in the 7% I listen to country and Blue grass.

P/U what is that? And yes I am hoisting an engine out.

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SATA is faster but PATA is still MANY time faster than the fastest optical drive, which means the only benifit is a cleaner case.

And that makes absolutely no sense

PATA = EIDE/IDE, whatever:

ATA133

ATA100

ATA66

ATA33

SATA:

SATAI 150

SATAII 300

As you can see... PATA looses... so how can it win if it's slower?

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oscaryu1

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And that makes absolutely no sense

As you can see... PATA looses... so how can it win if it's slower?

What he meant was that SATA is faster then PATA, however the PATA interface is capable of transferring data faster then what optical drives can to date.

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What about hard drives? Does PATA limit a hard drive?

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oregon

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What about hard drives? Does PATA limit a hard drive?

Limit as in...? Amount of drives? Performance of drives?

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imsati

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What about hard drives? Does PATA limit a hard drive?

Speed wise it's borderline. The average throughput is no where near the 133MBps capability of ATA133, however when you add multiple drives it will begin to bottleneck.

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