sata or non-sata????

[cp103]

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bros, i need your expert opinion on this one...what is best for me to purhase....120 gig samsung samsung 7200.......or.......120 gig seagate barracuda 7200 sata? if i go for the sata...will i have a hard time setting this up coz i heard you have to do something first w/ the sata!?

[darkwing]

When you install SATA as your primary HDD (Where you put your OS) you need to have your sata controller drivers ready when installing like windows XP, remember that part where XP asks you if you need to install additional drivers? it needs the driver disk in order to see the drive during the installation process, pero kung i add ra nimo siya sa imong existing HD setup, plug in play nalang hehe

[cp103]

bro darkwing.....so the SATA CONTROLLER DRIVER IS INCLUDED W/ THE HD? if not, where do I get that controlller driver?

[darkwing]

most certainly kuyog ni siya sa board nimo, 3.5 na diskette, i hope wala nimo nalabay hehe pero i think naa sad ni siya sa driver CD sa mobo

[cp103]

thanks....hope not, haven't bought the hd yet...just asking around para naman di me magmukhang tanga when i buy the hd. so bro darkwing...shall i go for the samsung or the seagate? what's the difference between sata and non- sata?

[jordinho]

go for teh samsung sata's. as for me will be buying samsung hd's from now on hehehe

[darkwing]

hehe unsa man diff sa samsung na HDD?

[jordinho]

secret btaw... try benchmarking seagate/maxtor/samsung
i have all teh 3 variants at 80gigs 7200 and at 2mb cache (cept for teh maxtor which has 8mb)
teh samsung gets teh highest score overall seagate is slowest around 12% slower than teh samsung.

[darkwing]

hmm that's revealing gyud what about the 160GB versions?

[jordinho]

that i still have to find out but basing on my tests (2 80gig samsungs with consistent results) id still go for teh samsungs