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ninjamyst · May 3rd, 2004, 05:52 PM

Currently, I have a 40gig 7200rpm 2MB(master) and a 160gig 7200rpm 2MB(slave) on my computer. I just bought a 200gig 7200 8MB HD and want to replace the 160gig with it. If both harddrives are on the same IDE channel, will the slower 2MB decrease the performance of the faster 8MB? Given a 40gig 2MB and 200gig 8MB, what's the best possible setup? (I know I asked this a weeks ago but I am still confused as the difference between putting two harddrives on same ide channel vs different ide channel)

May 3rd, 2004, 05:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
ninjamyst Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 24	Will a slow hard drive decrease performance of a faster hard drive? Currently, I have a 40gig 7200rpm 2MB(master) and a 160gig 7200rpm 2MB(slave) on my computer. I just bought a 200gig 7200 8MB HD and want to replace the 160gig with it. If both harddrives are on the same IDE channel, will the slower 2MB decrease the performance of the faster 8MB? Given a 40gig 2MB and 200gig 8MB, what's the best possible setup? (I know I asked this a weeks ago but I am still confused as the difference between putting two harddrives on same ide channel vs different ide channel)