IDE vs. SATA 2 (3.0Gb/s)

josh2thad · Dec 3, 2007, 01:52 AM

Is this normal?
In my system i have a place a IDE segate 250 GB St325062 7200 RPM Drive.
I also have a Western Digital Sata 2 3200JS 320 GB Drive

Now i have installed vista x64 ulitimate on both ( just to see what one would get better benchmarks) and i was stunned to see the IDE win in most.

I recieved higher pc mark scores with ide, better 3d mark, and better vista rating scores
IE IDE =5.7 SATA =5.4

Whats up with this? anyone else experienece anything similar?

**kris23** · Dec 3, 2007, 01:58 AM

you are using two different drives and the seagate has better specs and it known to perform better........

IDE and SATA bandwidth is yet to be matched...... IDE is almost here though.... 7200.10s wont do it though.

Judas · Dec 3, 2007, 03:45 AM

Seagates 7200.11's barely break the sustained performance that IDE provides.

however what SATA provides is other benfits besides higher bandwidth.... NCQ and hotplugging.... plus with the more recent controllers.. excellent raid options that perform.

i'd like to see 6 IDE drives pull of the HDtach score i recently rolled off

procupine14 · Dec 3, 2007, 04:53 AM

it all comes down to how good the actual drive itself is

and of course IDE and SATA both have their strengths and weaknesses

I still wish that they continued to provide more boards with more than one IDE slot

**kris23** · Dec 3, 2007, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by procupine14

it all comes down to how good the actual drive itself is

and of course IDE and SATA both have their strengths and weaknesses

I still wish that they continued to provide more boards with more than one IDE slot

ehh.... i do too, but thats progress, if we kept stuff like that around then wed probably be asking for AGP ports with PCI-E 2.0

procupine14 · Dec 3, 2007, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

ehh.... i do too, but thats progress, if we kept stuff like that around then wed probably be asking for AGP ports with PCI-E 2.0

you make a fine point.....well theres always IDE PCI controller cards

josh2thad · Dec 4, 2007, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by procupine14

you make a fine point.....well theres always IDE PCI controller cards

ok so here is my next quetion whats the best sata drive for the money..? i want a sata drive that will out perform that Seagate but not something as extreme as a raptor...

any ideas?

ChaosMinionX · Dec 4, 2007, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josh2thad

ok so here is my next quetion whats the best sata drive for the money..? i want a sata drive that will out perform that Seagate but not something as extreme as a raptor...

any ideas?

What Seagate model? if its a 7200.11 then a raptor is gonna be the only thing....that or RAID a few drives.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Dec 22, 2007, 11:57 PM

Surprised no one else noticed... you're using the built in Vista benchmarks which are hardly thorough or revealing by anyones standards

Try HDTach or something.

As for the suggestion on drive... well the 7200.11's are hard to beat for performance, at least at 1TB. Failing that....WD is liquidating the Caviar SE16's to make way for GP drives so they can be had at really good deals, and not to mention, they're really fast, quiet, and cool running.

Dec 3, 2007, 01:52 AM	#1
josh2thad DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 431 Rep Power: 0	IDE vs. SATA 2 (3.0Gb/s) Is this normal? In my system i have a place a IDE segate 250 GB St325062 7200 RPM Drive. I also have a Western Digital Sata 2 3200JS 320 GB Drive Now i have installed vista x64 ulitimate on both ( just to see what one would get better benchmarks) and i was stunned to see the IDE win in most. I recieved higher pc mark scores with ide, better 3d mark, and better vista rating scores IE IDE =5.7 SATA =5.4 Whats up with this? anyone else experienece anything similar? __________________ www.proxywad.com *DeskTop* • Q6600 8MB Cache (400x8) 3.2 [Schythe Ninja Plus REV.b] • 4Gb DDR2 800 @888 [CL 5-4-4-12]• MSI P52 Neo 2 • Slient Cooling • XFX 8800 GTS XXX Edition [600/1800] • Thermaltake Tough power • 2.250GB Segate [Storage] Western Digital 320GB 16MB Cache Master• Lappy•Gateway MT6458 • AMD Turion X2 1.6Ghz • 2x 1GB DDR 2 PC 5400 CL 4-4-4-12 • 15.4 X-tra Birght Widescreen [Glossy] 1280x800 ATI x1150 128 MB• 160Gb HDD • Wireless N 300mbps •

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Dec 22, 2007, 11:57 PM	#9
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Surprised no one else noticed... you're using the built in Vista benchmarks which are hardly thorough or revealing by anyones standards Try HDTach or something. As for the suggestion on drive... well the 7200.11's are hard to beat for performance, at least at 1TB. Failing that....WD is liquidating the Caviar SE16's to make way for GP drives so they can be had at really good deals, and not to mention, they're really fast, quiet, and cool running.