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Mon 07/06/04 at 18:34
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If I connect a 66ATA and 100ATA HD on the same channel both will run at 66ATA yes?
Tue 08/06/04 at 21:09
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AMD_MAN wrote:
> To Be Hounest matey you probably won't see much differance, The main
> performance killer on a hard disk drive is the spindle speed (i.e
> 5400rpm or 7200rpm).
>
> Colin

Ill do some file system benchmarks in Sandra and see what difference it makes.

Update: It acctually makes no difference, same transfer rate both times, with and without the 2nd HD.
Mon 07/06/04 at 20:18
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To Be Hounest matey you probably won't see much differance, The main performance killer on a hard disk drive is the spindle speed (i.e 5400rpm or 7200rpm).

Colin
Mon 07/06/04 at 20:12
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AMD_MAN wrote:
> Yes indeedy, as long as you are using the 80 Pin Cable.
>
> Colin

Damn. Ah well, I was hoping I could use my old ATA66 with ME for games which don't work on XP, but ney mind... Not worth sacraficing the speed.
Mon 07/06/04 at 18:58
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Yes indeedy, as long as you are using the 80 Pin Cable.

Colin
Mon 07/06/04 at 18:34
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If I connect a 66ATA and 100ATA HD on the same channel both will run at 66ATA yes?

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