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Sata cable
From: koswix
31 Jan 2013 20:07
To: Radio
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I'd check local independent computer shops/Home Bargains/Phone unlocking place before Maplin. Last time I needed a cable quick it was a Cat 5 - Maplin wanted £25 for a 20 meter cable, got a 20 meter one
across the street
for for less than half that price.
From: Radio
31 Jan 2013 20:10
To: ALL
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Cheers, I can afford to take my time now, suddenly realised I can nick the one that the DVD drive has, who needs a DVD drive nowadays anyway?!
Now installing windows 8...
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
31 Jan 2013 20:14
To: Radio
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I went and bought an sata dvd drive (non-burning), thinking it must be faster than my ide dvd burner. No! It's still slow as fuck. Bonus: I put the ide one into an external case and now I have 2 drives.
From: Radio
31 Jan 2013 20:34
To: Radio
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Argh, my product key is invalid - that's weird!
From: ANT_THOMAS
31 Jan 2013 21:13
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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What speed was the IDE drive? And what speed is the new SATA drive?
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
1 Feb 2013 02:19
To: ANT_THOMAS
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I'd assumed a speedup due to a) new drive did not have a r/w head (which allegedly, is more massive and therefore sucks at seeking) and b) sata vs. pata.
But the bottleneck is probably just the media itself. Plus my mb only does sata 1x anyways.
So much for that.
From: ANT_THOMAS
1 Feb 2013 09:16
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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But what are the rated "X" speeds of the drives?
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
1 Feb 2013 12:39
To: ANT_THOMAS
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I can't remember and it's not embossed on the trays like they used to be. ISTR they were about the fastest on the market for standard kit a couple of years ago.
edit: which is probably 16 or 18x.
EDITED: 1 Feb 2013 13:13 by DSMITHHFX
From: af (CAER)
1 Feb 2013 21:21
To: koswix
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He should get a 20m SATA cable imo.
From: koswix
2 Feb 2013 02:23
To: af (CAER)
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Definitely.