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Building my first PC

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by Skream, Jan 6, 2007.

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Skream Newcomer, in training Posts: 28

KingCody said:

Hi Skream,

yes and no... the acronym "IDE" stands for Integrated drive electronics, it refers to the general technology of integrating the controller onto the drive itself (as opposed to a separate controller). both PATA (formerly called "ATA") and SATA are infact IDE drives, however the term IDE is often misused as a synonym for PATA. when looking for compatible hardware, look for "PATA" and "SATA", not just IDE. and look at the pictures of them item itself (PATA and SATA drives are easy to distinguish).

Thankyou! That's what I was looking for

fw2004 said:

I paid that price 2 years ago when the 6800 was king of the jungle.
That's what I get for buying the current product. It really pays to buy good but not best!

FW

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind.

Skream

Skream, Jan 14, 2007

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