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Title: Wanting To Upgrade From Stock Ide To Ata133.
Post by: applemonkey on March 01, 2008, 05:47:00 AM

ok,
im thinking about upgrading my stock IDE cable in my xbox to ATA133.
but is it really worth it?
does it really make data transfur faster?..

why should i upgrade...and what cable should i upgrade to?

Title: Wanting To Upgrade From Stock Ide To Ata133.
Post by: 1hotjob on March 01, 2008, 10:10:00 AM

I have one and it doesn't make a difference.

Title: Wanting To Upgrade From Stock Ide To Ata133.
Post by: AliasCT on March 01, 2008, 12:50:00 PM

I've heard that the xbox supports up to ata100 speeds, but 1hotjob is right; whether or not it *is* faster and whether or not it makes an appreciable difference are debatable.

Title: Wanting To Upgrade From Stock Ide To Ata133.
Post by: Infamous Ob on March 01, 2008, 01:17:00 PM

Honestly Apple, they just look good. I used to think they was good
for performance too, but there not.

Title: Wanting To Upgrade From Stock Ide To Ata133.
Post by: applemonkey on February 02, 2020, 04:11:00 PM

QUOTE(Infamous Ob @ Mar 1 2008, 09:17 PM)

Honestly Apple, they just look good. I used to think they was good
for performance too, but there not.

well thanks guys.looks like im keeping the stock (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Title: Wanting To Upgrade From Stock Ide To Ata133.
Post by: Midnight_Rider on February 03, 2020, 08:45:00 PM

Replacing your original cable with a ata166 will improve your load and data transfer times but only by a second or so. Its hard to tell the difference. But the ata 166 is not needed unless you are using a pc harddrive. The original hdd restricts data transfer to 100 ata. I read all this on some website and they even timed different configs.

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