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    LG LW40 Express SATA or ATA?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MarkSpoon, Mar 6, 2006.

  1. MarkSpoon

    MarkSpoon Notebook Enthusiast

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    currently its running on a hitachi 80gb 4200rpm ultra ATA hard drive. i'm wondering if this laptop is suitable for a SATA harddrive and whether if i will benefit from using a SATA harddrive over an ultra ATA drive. let me know.

    this is the harddrive i'm currently looking at but i just thought maybe SATA might be better? i don't much about the SATA and ATA stuff. maybe someone can enlighten me?

    thanks.

    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13966&vpn=SAM80-BY-25MM&manufacture=Samsung&promoid=1001
     
    MarkSpoon, Mar 6, 2006
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    spud8 Notebook Consultant

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    SATA uses less power, I know that. I'm pretty sure it has better performance too. I'm going with a SATA in my new notebook.
     
    spud8, Mar 6, 2006
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    satch Notebook Guru

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    a 7200RPM drive on SATA will be significantly faster our current HD.
     
    satch, Mar 7, 2006
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    i did a research tonight and it seems that SATA drives have a habit of using more power than ATA drives. at least it is so when looking at the benchmarks of the seagate and fujitsu SATA drives.
     
    MarkSpoon, Mar 7, 2006
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm pretty sure the LW40 uses SATA, but gotta double check that.

    Right now, 5400 is the fastest a SATA will go, while 7200 is for PATA. I would opt for the PATA 7200, as when the 7200rpm SATA comes out, you can easily find a external HD for the PATA 7200, stick it in an enclosure, and go :)
     
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    yes, the LG does support SATA but as it comes from the box right now, my HDD is only 4200rpm ultra ATA.

    i'm still deciding between a seagate momentus 5400.2 SATA 80GB or a samsung spinpoint 5400rpm 80gb ultra ATA drive.
     
    MarkSpoon, Mar 7, 2006
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