PATA or SATA

[anilthomas26]

Hi ,

My config is:

AMD 64 bit 3000+

ASUS A8N-E

1 GB (Transcend)

400 W SMPS

17" Samsung monitor

LEADTEK PX 6600 GT TDH EXTREME (128 MB)

Hard disk drive=Samsung 40 GB 5200 RPM(PATA)..(I am upgrading my PC..so the old HDD)
I am an extreme gamer

Since my budget is very tight..I have two choice:-


which should i choose
1) "1 Gb+5200 RPM (PATA)" or
2) "512 MB+ 7200 RPM HDD (SATA)"
..i am an extreme gamer

Remember I am a hard core gamer

[ashu888ashu888]

Since ur budget is really tight, i would recommend u to go in for more of RAM as today's games r RAM hungry and the sata and the pata would not make much of a difference bro ! but since its a tough decision to make considering ur budget u can go in for the 1 GB RAM and 5200 PATA HDD,


cheers n e-peace.... mate....

[Aniruddh]

well i suggest u 2 go for a sata instead of 1gb ram i feel 512 400mhz wid gud brand will b enough yea its true 1gb will b awesome but still...but now its up 2 u.loads of people r havin 512 ram and they r havin no problem while playin games..

[babumuchhala]

I think by the time longhorn comes out 512 MB will be bare minimum and ddr fast fading to ddr2 or ddr3 so better go in for 1 GB now and 40 GB is enough if u can put most of the stuff on cd/dvd. plus 1 GB RAM should compenste for the slower rpm of ur HDD.

[Aniruddh]

@anilthomas26
well as u said u r a hard core gamer and for 2 months u r juz gonna play games a loads of them so u betta go for 1GB...sata may b sum other time..go for pata

[mohit]

go for 1gb ram and pata , later on chuck it and buy sata 2 (your mobo supports it)

[club_pranay]

i think the performance difference bet 5.2k rpm(pata) and 7.2k rpm(sata) is equal to the performance diff between 512mb and 1gb ram.

what ram u have now? and what hdd?

[rohanbee]

sata drives are worth it. The speed difference is quite noticable.......

[premrajeev]

here in mumbai, SATA drives costs 100 to 200 bucks more than their PATA cousines...

I belive ur dealer will forgive that differeence if u go for 1 gb ram and a SATA drive.