New internal hard drive

[IS]

I'm looking into getting a new internal hard drive.
Because noise is a big factor, I'm thinking about the Seagate V drives.
They're supposed to be pretty quiet.

My question, should I get Serial ATA or Ultra ATA?

I'm not sure what the differences are, and which one would work with my
computer.
XP home, 1,4 G, 512 ram.

Thanks.

IS.

 

[Ed]

IS,

Unless you want to buy a new SATA controller then go with
the Ultra ATA drive. The price should be a bit better and
your computer already has the drive controller built in.
Ed

 

[Norm]

The difference is that each use a totally different interface so if you
don't have a sata controller a sata drive will be of no use to you.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I'm looking into getting a new internal hard drive.
Because noise is a big factor, I'm thinking about the Seagate V drives.
They're supposed to be pretty quiet.

My question, should I get Serial ATA or Ultra ATA?

SATA is a new type of interface to them, with much smaller cables, which
would be the thing if you have a very recent motherboard with the
necessary connectors. Without that you would need to buy an interface
card o plug in. As things stand you would not see appreciable
difference in performance - but SATA is the way new machines will be
supporting drives in the fairly short term

 

[JO]

SATA is a new type of interface to them, with much smaller cables, which
would be the thing if you have a very recent motherboard with the
necessary connectors. Without that you would need to buy an interface
card o plug in. As things stand you would not see appreciable
difference in performance - but SATA is the way new machines will be
supporting drives in the fairly short term

I bought the Seagate Barracuda V SATA 160gig and I can tell you first
hand that they are noisier than the standard Barracuda IDE drives.
The IDE drives are almost completely noise free while the new SATA
drives are noisier/clickier. I was hoping they would be as silent as
the IDE drives but they're not. They are faster though and the noise
is not that bothersome.