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Title: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: Fig on January 08, 2007, 04:50:22 pm

Hi! New at Serial ATA drives and Im putting together a computer and the motherboard ( Asus A7N8X Deluxe) I got can support Serial ATA drives and my question is My board only supports Serial ATA 133 Looking at Tiger they only offer Serial ATA 150. If I buy a 150 I know it will not run at 150 but will it run at 133 or even run at all?

Thanks for your time  :cheers:

Title: Re: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: davieboynj on January 08, 2007, 04:53:53 pm

it will work fine at 133. 

Title: Re: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: pointdablame on January 08, 2007, 05:11:57 pm

SerialATA doesn't have a 133 variant AFAIK.  It's either SATA 150 or SATA 300.

133 is a PATA (IDE) speed.  I had an A7N8X a while back too, and I used a SATA 150 drive.

Title: Re: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: leapinlew on January 08, 2007, 05:13:10 pm

Quote from: davieboynj on January 08, 2007, 04:53:53 pm

it will work fine at 133. 

Not true. A rift in the time space continuum. A world where Blinky will eat the dots and Pac-man will turn blue. I don't know about you... but I don't want to live in a world like that.

Title: Re: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: torez on January 08, 2007, 08:43:01 pm

SATA started at 150.  Yes, you are talking about PATA 133.

Title: Re: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: davieboynj on January 08, 2007, 10:19:03 pm

can anyone tell i work with some old stuff around here?   ;)

Title: Re: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: Fig on January 09, 2007, 05:04:51 pm

Thanks for the info guys Im going to get this drive cause it has a 16mb cache  ;D ;D

]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2179837&sku=TSD-250KS[url] (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2179837&sku=TSD-250KS[url)[/url]

Title: Re: Question for computer gurus about Serial ATA
Post by: divemaster127 on January 10, 2007, 09:45:46 am

I just purchased this drive a week ago on pricewatch, if you check there you can get it cheaper without a rebate...& i was very impressed going from a 8mg cache to a 16 mg cache really improved the system speed
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