Hi,
I've recently purchased an Abit NF7-S v2.0 motherboard. Should I be considering serial ATA for my next hard drive?
To be honest, I don't know what the benefits of this are! I'd probably be looking for something around the 80 gig mark and would appreciate a make/model/supplier recommendation (assuming it's the way to go!).
Many thanks in advance.
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Richard


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The only SATA drives that are vastly superior to ATA ones are the raptors, and they are around £100 for 36GB... Now raiding them and they are very fast! Bootvis is telling me it takes just under 9 secs for windows to load completely with a pair 
Undoubtedly Maxtor. They are the only ones AFAIK that have tried to enhance the drive's perf rather than just porting their current one to a SATA interface. The Maxtor's other plus point is that it comes with an extra std IDE power input so you don't need to fork out on a SATA power lead. However don't bother with SATA at all, esp on SIL3112 as found on Abit NF7-S v2.0 as the implimentation is poor and speed gains seem non-existent. Simply go for a 7200 or 7200-8 ATA100/133 HD and don't look back. I would rec Maxtor not only because it's a good compromise between Seagate's quiet and cool running (but slowish) and WD's speed (but with excessive noise) but because RMA is known to be good and you can easily use Acoustic Management sw if you fond the HD is a little too noisy. BTW I have been through 5400, 7200, 7200-8 and SATA and can tell you the diffs are far smaller than any reviewer would care to admit.

Just checked all 3 English Abit sites (Global, US & UK) and all of them list JULY's v1.8 as the latest BIOS release for NF7-S v2.0, has 1.9 been released to the public yet?

