What's faster; IDE to USB2 or SATA to USB2?
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IDE on an ATA-66's max throughput is 66 megabytes per second, ATA-100 is 100 megabytes per second. SATA II is 300 megabytes per second. USB's maximum 60 megabytes per second, but its known effective rate is about 40 megabytes per second.
So unless you get a really old IDE drive/cable, both IDE and SATA will transfer data faster than USB... but slower (ATA-66) IDE cables will probably have an effective speed of around that of USB, so if you DO go IDE, make sure it is ATA-100 so you are definitely going faster than USB.
The best reason you should go for SATA is because it is much higher bandwidth for if you ever DO install the drive internally. There are other benefits as well, such as that SATA hard drives produce less heat and other mechanical benefits of using the latest and greatest.
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I would suggest you get a SATA to USB2 enclosures because IDE drives are becoming more and more rare (and thus, more costly)
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