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"Serial ATA HDD"

I am buying a new hard drive and I was wondering, is Serial ATA better than ATA.

Also, is the:

DiamondMax Plus 9 Hard Disk Drive 200GB Serial ATA 150 7200rpm 8MB Cache- OEM

A good hard drive and at the price £123.64, is that good value!?

Thanks,

SS

The theoretical transfer rate is 50MB/sec faster, but generally the performance will only be slightly faster( compared to the propsed 50MB/sec increase). Of course, for that price I would certainly take it; I don't know if that hard drive is noisy, but if you are bothered about whining noises from your computer, then it's worth looking at that issue first.
Secondly, make sure you have a S-ATA connector free. They usually come with new motherboards, more so if it supports P4s.

Other than that, buy!

I am buying a new hard drive and I was wondering, is Serial ATA better than ATA.

Also, is the:

DiamondMax Plus 9 Hard Disk Drive 200GB Serial ATA 150 7200rpm 8MB Cache- OEM

A good hard drive and at the price £123.64, is that good value!?

Thanks,

SS