would PATA drive affect performance alot?

[dieseldre2k]

hi

i'm planning on replacing my gf's computer that's breaking down (its reaaaaaally old). however, i dont have enough money right now to buy her everything and her comp is getting worse and worse. she tends to game alot and i was wondering if her current 5400RPM PATA drive would restrict her gaming too much. the games she plays most often are tf2 and sims 2. i dont normally order new-build pieces until i can afford everything, but this is a special case. do u think her drive could hold her down for a couple of weeks? would she get normal fps with it in these 2 games at least?

 

[chechnyan]

in my experience i didnt notice any difference from pata to SATA 2
my old seagate 160gb was even faster than my current 320gb one
but you will do notice the difference in speed from 5400rpm drive to 7200.10 rpm one
if there is no option for you the 5200RPM will teach you to be patient but it will work for you

 

[khelben1979]

Replacing a 5200 rpm drive to a 7200 rpm sure will boost the performance. There are pretty cheap 7200 rpm drives out there these days.

If you're going for a new harddrive I would recommend Western Digital(good quality). It's my favourite brand when it comes to harddrives. They are simply the best despite the fact that they are not always the fastest ones.

 

[cjl]

Seagate 7200.10 drives are nice, as are the WD6400AAKS. The drive will never hold down frame rates though - it will only slow down loading time, unless you don't have enough RAM.