USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Vs. PATA

S

Sjouke Burry

Red said:
Which one has better performance in term of the speed?
Pata.

On my comp:
pata1: rate 60m/s burst 80m/s access:13msec 80 mb(system disk)
pata2: rate 58m/s burst 80m/s access:13msec 120 mb(data disk)
usb2: rate 20m/s burst 20m/s access:18msec 320mb(backup disk)
 
F

Flasherly

Which one has better performance in term of the speed?

It's not just speed, but the quality and age of the build. Every MB
has a personality and quirks. A HD is basically a HD to an those
older broads, whether ATA or SATA. USB transfers with a flashdrive
from two ASUS boards I use is double the speed on a more recent
pinsocketed Duron (Intel's answer to overclocking cheap AMDs). But,
the point is hypothetical, they were made as well as they could be --
the light that once burned twice as long moves so very slow now, Roy.
USB3 is here now (at three times a likely price premium a PCI USB3
board upgrade will command over the next year). USB3 Docking
Stations, Newegg's house-badged Rosewil, I've seen already for half --
$29 in greenback.
 

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