Whats the diff between IDE, ATA100 and ATA150??

[Orionxx]

Im building a computer and I have no idea what kind of harddrive to get. I already bought my motherboard, an asus K8N-E deluxe, so will it support any harddrive I buy or do I need to get a specific one?


Heres my motherboard specs, and the harddrive, processor, and video card I want to buy:


ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard
AGP Slots: 1x AGP 8X/4X
CPU Type: Athlon 64
DDR Standard: DDR 400 (PC 3200)
FSB: 800MHz Hyper Transport
Maximum Memory Supported: 3GB
Number of DDR Slots: 3x 184pin DDR
PATA: 2 x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices
PATA RAID: NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
PCI Slots: 5
SATA: 2 x SATA 150
Supported CPU :
CPU Socket Type Socket 754
CPU Type Athlon 64
FSB 800MHz Hyper Transport

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Newcastle 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor
Operating Frequency: 2.2GHz
Process: 0.13 µm
Voltage: 1.5V

Seagate Barracuda 160GB Harddrive
RPM: 7200.7
Serial ATA150
Average Latency: 4.16ms
Average Seek Time: 8.5ms
Cache: 8MB
Features: SATA interface with NCQ 350 Gs non-op shock 3D Defense System
Form Factor: 3.5"


Sapphire Radeon "9800 Atlantis" Video Card, 128MB DDR 128bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model 594L 1024-1C47
Chipset: ATI RADEON 9800
Memory: 128MB DDR
BUS: AGP 8X
Ports: VGA Out (15 Pin D-Sub) + TV-Out (S-Video) + DVI
Support 3D API: DirectX 9.0, OpenGL 2.0
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536

 

[Nodsu]

It would be nice to match the title and the content of the post..

You can use any IDE/ATA or SATA drive with your motherboard.

 

[Tedster]

Your motherboard will support both SATA drives (the fastest and latest)

and older IDE technology (Parallel ATA, aka ultra 66, ultra 100, ATA, etc...)

When buying hard drives, it is best not to mix the two techologies. Windows sometimes gets confused which to boot off of and will default to IDE.

So my suggestion is if you haven't bought any drives yet, go with the SATA technology - it's faster and you can do some stuff with it like RAID configurations, etc...

 

[SOcRatEs]

Hdd

Tedster's right.

I had to install Xp with just my sata drive installed.
Before I had all my drives installed, and even tho I got
XP installed on the sata drive, the sata drive was defaulted
by XP to drive I:\.

It worked, though, not all programs/games will check
registery to know where windows Primary drive install is.
Some, by default, just install to C:\
ide 0 (most common) unless you specify otherwise.

I ended up with two programfiles folders, My documents etc. on two diff HDD's.
Like I said it worked but was not the way I intended my sys setup.
G"Luck!!

 

[Orionxx]

Great Thanks! And sorry about the Title, I was originally just going to ask that, but then changed my post and forget to change the Title, sorry.

Alright well I got it all figured out, And I decided on going with this system set up:

MOTHER BOARD: ASUS K8N-E DELUXE Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb ATX AMD
AGP Slots: 1x AGP 8X/4X
DDR Standard: DDR 400 (PC 3200)
FSB: 800MHz Hyper Transport
PATA: 2 x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices
SATA: 2 x SATA 150


PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Newcastle 800MHz FSB Socket 754
Hyper-Transport Support: Yes
L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB
L2 Cache: 512KB
Operating Frequency: 2.2GHz
Process: 0.13 µm
Voltage: 1.5V

MEMORY: 2 CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2.5
Voltage: 2.5V


VIDEO CARD: SAPPHIRE Radeon 9800PRO 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X
Core clock: 380MHz
D-SUB: 1
DirectX: DirectX 9
DVI: 1
Memory Clock: 680MHz
Memory Interface: 256-bit
OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0
PixelPipelines: 8
TV-Out: S-Video/Composite Out
VIVO: No

HARD DRIVE: Seagate Barracuda 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
Average Latency: 4.16ms
Average Seek Time: 8ms
Cache: 8MB
Form Factor: 3.5"



Does it really matter that the processor is 1.5V and the RAM's are 2.5V?....

Great so my last question, is there anything wrong with this setup? If not, then thanks for your help!

 

[SOcRatEs]

Only 1 prob

It's not mine! :suspiciou
:haha:
LOL
Nice setup! Should serve you well.

 

[nickc]

since u are going with a 754 why not go with a faster processor, they are getting cheaper by the day since the new version is out............

 

[Orionxx]

How can I get any better? Besides going with a 1GB cache(Which costs like $300 on newegg with a heatsink and fan attached)

and I cant use a socket 940 on a socket 754 MB can i?

 

[Didou]

You can either get a 3400+ (2.4Ghz / 512KB of L2 cache) or 3700+ (2.4Ghz / 1024KB of L2 cache). From there only newer Semprons will be released on the Socket-754 platform.

For example, 0.09 Semprons are already available for it but all the Athlon64s for Socket-754 are made in 0.13.