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  1. August 16th, 1999 04:15 AM #1
    QsD
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    When do you need DMA66?

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    When do you need DMA66? I'm planning to buy a Quantum HD KA PLUS 7200 rpm. Someone told me I should buy a Mobo with DMA66? Why?
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  2. August 16th, 1999 10:14 AM #2
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    is that quantum HD ATA66 compatible? If it is, grab an ATA66 enabled motherboard or get an ATA66 hotrod card. It will double your transfer rates, and speed up loading times for everything you do, its very nice, I have a Western Digital Drive that has ATA66 and Abit's BE6 that has ATA66 support, they are great and a lot of my stuff loads so much faster.

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  3. August 16th, 1999 10:23 AM #3
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    Vidfreek: Yep, the Quantum FireBall KA Plus has 'Interface Options: Ultra ATA/66'. I also hear I should buy Abit BE6.
    Do you know what type of Western DIgital you have?
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  4. August 16th, 1999 12:32 PM #4
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    I have a WD 9.1GB Expert 7200RPM ATA66 running on an ABIT Hotrod66 Controller. It is extremely fast compared to my WD 13.0GB 5400RPM ATA66 drive. Both of those drives just "blow the doors off" of my seagate UDMA33 drive.


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  5. August 17th, 1999 09:27 AM #5
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    Yea I have the same 13 gig drive that Dimarini has, that has ATA66 support, of course its only 5400 rpms, but a 7200 ones costs quite a bit more for me to handle, but this one runs great anyway, im very pleased with it.

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  6. August 17th, 1999 03:36 PM #6
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    http://www.anandtech.com/html/review...m?document=919

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