SATA drives

[angelwing]

The hubby wants me to get a 500GB SATA drive for him(Western Digital), which I was going to, but then I saw the 1TB SATA drive (WD) on sale for $270 and got a raincheck for it as they sold out, but I was wondering, how good are they? We have a bunch of WD EIDE drives now, but he told me that the SATA is better than the EIDE drives.

So are they? I might get one for my PC as a Christmas present too, Western Digital. (Maxtors are crap for us)

[WindRunner]

SATA drives are faster . . . can't quite remember the exact numbers, but the read/write speeds on the disks themselves should be quicker, meaning that just about everything on the computer will be a bit more snappy. Not necessarily a huge amount so, but at times it will be noticeable. The SATA drives have been around for a while, and they're definately the next step in HDD technology. I'd say it's worth it.

And with you on the WD, it's either that or Seagate for me, nothing else.

[mf_dolphin]

Just make sure that your computer supports SATA drives. They are definitely worth the money from both a performance and capacity standpoint

[angelwing]

Thank you both! He said his computer will, I'll have to check mine when I get time.

Thanks again for your help