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Originally Posted by Miscguy

Because in my research i found that on average the SATA drives were only gaining negligable proformance increases. Also that seagate, the only compnay i will buy a HD from does not make a super high speed SATA drive. IE one that compairs to other companies proformance. It was a matter of company preferance and research. Having lived with this loud ass WD i was ready to try what 99% of seagate owners claim is a nearly silent drive. Proformance will not suffer that much with the 8meg buffer. I feel i struck a balence, but it was one that i was willing to comprimise on. If it proves not to suit my needs i can always use it as a slave to a new SATA.

You've been misinformed. SATA completely owns ATA66/100/133. If you
want the information tables with comparisons between PATA, SATA& SCSI
let me know and I will post it. Trust me, IDE has nothing on serial ATA...

EDIT

Simply look at the 2004 HDD speeds for each:

ATA133 - 133MBps
SATA - 150MBps (generation 1)
SATA - 300MBps (generation 2)
SCSI - 320MBps

Keep something in mind: SATA drives almost always run at near theoretical
speed, whereas you will get about half to 3/4 of the theoretical speed for
an IDE interface. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain with
SATA. SATA drives (generation 2) will be available everywhere this summer:
this is why I'm holding off on building my new pc.