Ide vs. Sata

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by leopold99, Apr 15, 2009.

  1. leopold99

    leopold99 Private First Class

    i just installed a new mobo and it only has one IDE connector, it also has 4 SATA connectors.

    i have several questions about this.
    1. can the computer boot from a sata drive?
    2. how many devices can be connected to a single sata connector?
    3. what is the throughput of a sata connection? is it comparable to IDE?
    4. this last might answer all the rest, can a sata connection be treated like an IDE connection?
     
    leopold99, Apr 15, 2009
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  2. Digerati

    Digerati Major Geek Extraordinaire

    1. Yes
    2. 1
    3. IDE = 133Mb/sec. SATA = 150Mb/sec. SATA-II = 300Mb/sec
    4. No - totally different
     
    Digerati, Apr 16, 2009
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  3. thesmokingun

    thesmokingun MajorGeek

    most new mobos only have the 1 ide connector for cd/dvd roms, or if you have an ide hard drive....the sata is much faster, and you don't need to worry about master/slave/cable select settings anymore.
     
    thesmokingun, Apr 16, 2009
    #3

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