are these the same cables, sound liek an idiot but im confused.
are these the same cables, sound liek an idiot but im confused.
PowerColor HD 4850 512MB
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz
Coolermaster Centurion 5 All Black
Corsair 450W VX 450W PSU
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB
thank you very much for clearing that up
PowerColor HD 4850 512MB
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz
Coolermaster Centurion 5 All Black
Corsair 450W VX 450W PSU
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB
Wellllll, I'm not an expert, but there can be differences between the two yes.
You can get 40-conductor or 80-conductor cables.
The ATA/ATAPI-4 or ATA/ATAPI-5 (can't remember which one) UDMA requirements specify that an 80-Conductor IDE is mandatory, blah blah blah.
Basically, CD Drives usually use 40-conductor cables, whereas hard drives use 80-conductor ones, although you can use 80-conductor cables with CD drives.
80 cable conductors are supposed to reduce noise and when noise is reduced transfer rates are increased as the drive does not have to resend data twice. 40-conductor cables were designed for transfer speeds of 5MB/s.
Hope this helps
Last edited by FatalSaviour; 31-05-2006 at 02:07 AM.
Just found a nice linky:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/id...Cable80-c.html
with a nice image showing the difference between the two:
Last edited by FatalSaviour; 31-05-2006 at 02:09 AM.
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