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newls1

01-16-2011, 06:45 AM

Soon I will be installing Win7 x64 in a few hrs on my VelocityRaptor 74GB drive.. Do I install the actual AHCI drive, or just keep the motherboard in compatibility mode (Normal IDE) Is there an actual performance difference? Thank you

zalbard

01-16-2011, 06:53 AM

ACHI will be faster, yes.

DAK1640

01-16-2011, 06:54 AM

AHCI for sure...you can also plug/unplug SATA drives as necessary while the system is running.

newls1

01-16-2011, 07:12 AM

excellent.... Thank you all for responding

Ao1

01-16-2011, 07:21 AM

For SSD AHCI is a given, but I'm not so sure if it's clean cut when it comes to HDD in non enterprise applications.

There is some good info here:

http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/ahci-vs-ide-%E2%80%93-benchmark-advantage/

Johnny87au

01-17-2011, 12:19 AM

ACHI on hdd? I know its a must with SSDS + rapid drivers..