I was told by someone that installing a ATA 133 controller card (replacing the ATA 66 one) would show an increase in speed for ATA 100 and above hard drives.
Then someone else told me that I wouldn't notice any difference...
So what's the scoop? Anyone know?
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<strong>I was told by someone that installing a ATA 133 controller card (replacing the ATA 66 one) would show an increase in speed for ATA 100 and above hard drives.
Then someone else told me that I wouldn't notice any difference...
So what's the scoop? Anyone know?</strong><hr></blockquote>
You should notice a speed increase. The speed increase will depend upon what you are doing with your system- ie. if you do Video Editing you would notice it.
Hint: more INFO would be appreciated.
<a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12" target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12</a>
<strong>This is the one I ordered:
<a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12" target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12</a></strong><hr></blockquote>
looks good, but for what do you need an ATA-133 controller ?
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WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY
Specifications:
Size: 120 Gigabytes
Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA100
Seek time: 8.9ms
RPM:7200
Cache 8MB
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and I was told that the ATA133 controller would help this hard drive perform as close to it's specs more than a ATA66 one would...
[ 08-11-2002: Message edited by: TOOL ]</p>