Re: SATA .vs EIDE for DAW

Sean Conolly wrote:
Hey guys, I've been considering upgrading the recording disk in my system, and I'm curious if there's any performance improvements by using SATA instead of EIDE, both for raw throughput and for CPU load.

My system is fairly old and somwhat sensitive to CPU load while tracking. I can record 12 tracks in CEP w/o problems but when I use Cubase I'll get occasional dropouts just because it needs that much more CPU. The money isn't in the budget yet to replace the platform, but I can afford a new disk and controller if it'll help any.

Just trolling for ideas - TIA

Sean

You're gonna be fine either way, the bottleneck is the drive itself.
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