Can you tell which Hd is better Ultra DMA/133 or ultra ATA/100?

Omnikron · Oct 23, 2004, 09:32 AM

m going to go to fry's on Sat they have a sale on some HD on is Seagate 120 Ultra ATA/100 $94..00 with a mail in rebate of $50. so = $44.99
The other HD is Maxtor or Western 250GB Ultra DMA/133
For 119.99 in store no rebates
both HD are 7200rpm and have 8mb buffer the seagate has 8.5 seek time dont know about the 250 one which HD is a better drive Also the wife gave the go ahead for the LCD
These are the 2 I have my eye which do you think would be better?Dell Ultra sharp 2001fp 20.1
Viewsonic VP912b 19.

Matth · Oct 23, 2004, 10:01 PM

Not a lot in it, at least on the 100/133 issue - if you have ATA133 support, then it may have the edge if you had to pair 2 drives on the same cable, both 133. It tends to be a company thing - some do ATA100, some do ATA133 - and both specifications are more than enough for a single drive on a cable - the 133's (controllers and drives) can normally work at 100 as well.

If you can get TWO of the 120's at $44.99 a piece, I'd throw a Raid card into the mix, for 240Gb of storage that would be faster than the single 250Gb

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/386...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG - very cheap Raid

Nacht · Oct 23, 2004, 11:50 PM

IDK about the HDD, but get the dell monitor. im thinking of getting one myself soon

MiDKnYtE · Oct 24, 2004, 12:56 AM

it really doesn't matter if it's 100 or 133. no hdd is capable of speeds near 100MB/s. Look at the other features. higher density platters tend to be faster since more data passes over the head per rotation.

Oct 23, 2004, 09:32 AM	#1
Omnikron DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	Can you tell which Hd is better Ultra DMA/133 or ultra ATA/100? m going to go to fry's on Sat they have a sale on some HD on is Seagate 120 Ultra ATA/100 $94..00 with a mail in rebate of $50. so = $44.99 The other HD is Maxtor or Western 250GB Ultra DMA/133 For 119.99 in store no rebates both HD are 7200rpm and have 8mb buffer the seagate has 8.5 seek time dont know about the 250 one which HD is a better drive Also the wife gave the go ahead for the LCD These are the 2 I have my eye which do you think would be better?Dell Ultra sharp 2001fp 20.1 Viewsonic VP912b 19. __________________ XP 2800 Barton @ xp 3000 ThermalTake Volcano 7 MSI KT3 ARU Ultra 512 ddr 333 Kingmax MSI RX9800PRO PLUS-TD 128 R360 core @ XT speeds 412 / 730 250 GB Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 SB Audigy 2 Zs 20" Dell 2001fp LCD Antec Super Lan Boy 2 Enermax PSU EG465P-VE FCA 460WATTS NEC DVD-RW 8X ND-2500A

Oct 23, 2004, 10:01 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Not a lot in it, at least on the 100/133 issue - if you have ATA133 support, then it may have the edge if you had to pair 2 drives on the same cable, both 133. It tends to be a company thing - some do ATA100, some do ATA133 - and both specifications are more than enough for a single drive on a cable - the 133's (controllers and drives) can normally work at 100 as well. If you can get TWO of the 120's at $44.99 a piece, I'd throw a Raid card into the mix, for 240Gb of storage that would be faster than the single 250Gb http://shop3.outpost.com/product/386...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG - very cheap Raid

Oct 23, 2004, 11:50 PM	#3
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	IDK about the HDD, but get the dell monitor. im thinking of getting one myself soon

Oct 24, 2004, 12:56 AM	#4
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	it really doesn't matter if it's 100 or 133. no hdd is capable of speeds near 100MB/s. Look at the other features. higher density platters tend to be faster since more data passes over the head per rotation.