What is the difference between SATA and the IDE?

SATA hard disk with a new design structure, fast data transfer, space-saving, compared to the IDE hard disk has many advantages:

1. SATA drives are faster than IDE hard drives. SATA can now provide peak transmission rates for 150mb/s. The future will be up to MB/s and MB/s. By then we will have a transfer rate that is nearly 10 times times faster than the IDE's hard drive.

2. Relative to the IDE hard disk of the PATA40 needle data line, SATA cable less and fine, transmission distance, can extend to 1 meters, making installation equipment and internal wiring easier. The connector is small in size, which effectively improves the airflow inside the computer and also improves the cooling in the chassis.

3. The power consumption of the IDE hard disk system is reduced. SATA drives can work with a voltage of 500 mv.

4. Sata can be backward compatible with PATA devices by using a versatile chipset or serial-parallel converter. Because SATA and PATA can use the same drive, there is no need to upgrade or otherwise change the operating system.

5. Sata does not need to set the master and slave disk jumper. The BIOS will number it in 1, 2, 3 order. This depends on which SATA connector the drive is attached to (easy to install). The IDE hard drive needs to be set up by jumper to set the master and slave disk.

6. SATA also supports hot-swappable, can be used like a U disk. The IDE hard drive does not support hot-swappable