Question about upgrade

fornicatarachnid · Dec 16, 2002, 12:45 AM

I am planning to do a major upgrade in the near future

I've already picked the motherboard I want to base it on. My

question concerns serial ATA. For a few more £'s I can get this

board with the serial ATA option. I know the drives aren't

available yet ( any ideas when they will be ? ) but I'm wondering

whether there will be any advantage in waiting for the drives to

come out or whether to stick with an ATA133 drive ?

Krychek57 · Dec 16, 2002, 12:53 AM

The question boils down to wether or not you want to upgrade AGAIN when ATA is no longer avaliable. However they are planning on S-ATA2 and 3 so you might want to wait for the 2nd generation. Your call.

DarkFoss · Dec 16, 2002, 01:10 AM

Here's an article you might find interesting about sata

http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage...812/index.html

and here's a forum search about corsair memory and the new nforce2 chipsets
might save you some trouble when pairing mem to your new mobo

http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/search...der=descending

Nice mobo btw but I'm going to hold off on one until a couple revisions and bios's have been out

fornicatarachnid · Dec 16, 2002, 05:10 PM

Thanks for the links. It seems like the only advantage, for now at

least, seems to be the smaller cables/connectors.

I'm

gonna stick with good old IDE for now. You can already get nice,

neat round cables instead of the old, flat ribbons

merry · Dec 17, 2002, 12:02 PM

You remind me of the time I bought a mobo with USB support, two years ago - that mobo still works in my nieces comp, but I still don't have any USB devices.

fornicatarachnid · Dec 17, 2002, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by merry
You remind me of the time I bought a mobo with USB support, two years ago - that mobo still works in my nieces comp, but I still don't have any USB devices.

When I bought my present board, an ASUS A7V133, it came with

2 USB prts as standard and an extra little card to upgrade in the

furture to 4 ports, which I thought I would never use. I ended up

fitting the extra card. Ive got my printer, scanner, mouse and

camera all with USB connections

~~TIGER~~ · Jan 2, 2003, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fornicatarachnid
I am planning to do a major upgrade in the near future

I've already picked the motherboard I want to base it on. My

question concerns serial ATA. For a few more £'s I can get this

board with the serial ATA option. I know the drives aren't

available yet ( any ideas when they will be ? ) but I'm wondering

whether there will be any advantage in waiting for the drives to

come out or whether to stick with an ATA133 drive ?

They will b out in Feb m8

ToshiroOC · Jan 2, 2003, 10:51 PM

I would say get the motherboard with the Serial ATA unless you are expecting to upgrade your motherboard again before Serial ATA drives come out, a few months from now (or maybe Feb, I have been hearing later though...), and if you are going to get a hard drive, wait until Serial ATA drives have been benched unless you are in a hurry...

Dec 16, 2002, 12:45 AM	#1
fornicatarachnid Clanless Join Date: May 2002 Location: On the web, England UK Posts: 714 Rep Power: 0	Question about upgrade-serial ATA I am planning to do a major upgrade in the near future I've already picked the motherboard I want to base it on. My question concerns serial ATA. For a few more £'s I can get this board with the serial ATA option. I know the drives aren't available yet ( any ideas when they will be ? ) but I'm wondering whether there will be any advantage in waiting for the drives to come out or whether to stick with an ATA133 drive ? Last edited by fornicatarachnid; Dec 16, 2002 at 12:52 AM.

Dec 16, 2002, 12:53 AM	#2
Krychek57 Long time lurker Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Parkland, WA Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	S-ATA The question boils down to wether or not you want to upgrade AGAIN when ATA is no longer avaliable. However they are planning on S-ATA2 and 3 so you might want to wait for the 2nd generation. Your call.

Dec 17, 2002, 12:02 PM	#5
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	You remind me of the time I bought a mobo with USB support, two years ago - that mobo still works in my nieces comp, but I still don't have any USB devices. __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Jan 2, 2003, 10:51 PM	#8
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	I would say get the motherboard with the Serial ATA unless you are expecting to upgrade your motherboard again before Serial ATA drives come out, a few months from now (or maybe Feb, I have been hearing later though...), and if you are going to get a hard drive, wait until Serial ATA drives have been benched unless you are in a hurry... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Dec 16, 2002, 01:10 AM	#3
DarkFoss HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 688 Rep Power: 0	Here's an article you might find interesting about sata http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage...812/index.html and here's a forum search about corsair memory and the new nforce2 chipsets might save you some trouble when pairing mem to your new mobo http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/search...der=descending Nice mobo btw but I'm going to hold off on one until a couple revisions and bios's have been out

Dec 16, 2002, 05:10 PM	Thread Starter #4
fornicatarachnid Clanless Join Date: May 2002 Location: On the web, England UK Posts: 714 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the links. It seems like the only advantage, for now at least, seems to be the smaller cables/connectors. I'm gonna stick with good old IDE for now. You can already get nice, neat round cables instead of the old, flat ribbons