UDMA133/SATA150

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I'm about to buy a new Maxtor HDD along with mobo, CPU etc.

If it's for a desktop running only the one HDD (possibly with an old SCSI
one as back up) what's the most suitable option between the UDMA133 & the
SATA 150 flavours. Been searching the web but can't find out what the
difference is unless it's simply that the SATA is 150/133 times as fast!

Also are the motherboards available for either option better, cheaper etc.

TIA
 
Blackthorn said:
I'm about to buy a new Maxtor HDD along with mobo, CPU etc.

If it's for a desktop running only the one HDD (possibly with an old SCSI
one as back up) what's the most suitable option between the UDMA133 & the
SATA 150 flavours. Been searching the web but can't find out what the
difference is unless it's simply that the SATA is 150/133 times as fast!

Also are the motherboards available for either option better, cheaper etc.

TIA
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The only real option to get the full 150MB's transfer is the Intel 875P
chipset. The best board to get is the Gigabyte GA-8KNXP.

The SATA controller is within the Southbridge.
 
Richard said:
The only real option to get the full 150MB's transfer is the Intel 875P
chipset. The best board to get is the Gigabyte GA-8KNXP.

The SATA controller is within the Southbridge.
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Totally pointless as a single ATA hard drive these days maxes out at
60-70MB/sec.


-WD
 
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