Ah, so that's where the ol' buzzard went.  Knew he wouldn't just go AWOL.  I'll bet he was a little stringy, hope you doused him in some BBQ sauce.

Cool drone    I want one that I can buzz around and zap hornets.

Probably not a big one.  Your machine might boot a little slower and you may notice some slow down while handling large files ... copy, move, etc, but if you are just net surfing and playing a few old games I doubt it'll matter too much. 

I know this is silly of me, but I'd think a guy who repairs computers would know this simple stuff by heart.

I think a certain someone might chime in at this point with a ....... " BAZINGA ".....hehe

On topic:

@ kona

By now your google/bing searches will have told you more than the responses in this thread, besides which why is your question even relevant to your situation in the first place?  Don't you suspect your main drive of failing?  Isn't this replacement the only other drive you have?  So swap the drives and you'll get the answer to your own question with the benefit of having some additional knowledge for when you provide your services to others.

Hey, what do you want from a guy who bases his diagnostics on a .......

A real tech would use a Ouija Board.

Yeah, forget I asked. You all used to be nice about such things.

Jafo or others mods can lock this thread now.

It has nothing to do with being nice, but everything to do with the fact that you are a 'computer tech' who by your own admission is advertising his services to others.  That being the case, you should indeed not be having to ask such a question and if you do you should absolutely expect the reaction you've received from myself and some others.

I certainly hope my dentist is not asking for help/opinions on forums prior to any of the procedures I pay him to perform. 

Yeah, I'm a computer tech. However I have never had two systems sitting side by side, one with IDE and the other with SATA to measure performance. Some here have done that, or something similar. I was hoping to hear from those people.

Oh, come on Kona, have some fun. We're all friends here. 

People tell me to search Google for the answers. I would rather get first hand experience from the people I trust. Is that so wrong?

One tech is newer and better than the other, so technically one would be "faster."  However, that doesn't mean much in the real world when there are others factors.  My guess.  Your system will be slower but I doubt much of a noteable difference.

Well to be fair, nowadays everyone who can Google and remove a simple hard drive is a computer tech.  Much in the same way everyone who has a DSLR is a "pro" photographer now.

Not as far as I'm concerned.  Google's great, but can also cause more confusion that clarity.  It can also make a person "want" a bunch of things that don't really matter much at all. 

Thanks guys, Now I just need to find a IDE cable.

One of the problems I frequently come up against when searching Google/Yahoo for tech advice is an abundance of 'sell you this and that' answers and very few relevant ones.... no matter how you word you inquiry.  That's alright if you're looking to buy, but it's as useless as tits on a bull if you need relevant tech advice/information.  That has always been the problem with commercial, advertising based search engines... sales first and bugger the rest.

So yeah, I see kona's point of asking people here.  I have done so myself after finding little or nothing of relevance on Google or Yahoo searches.  For mine, given the help I've received thus far, the imnformation here tends to be more reliable and easier to understand... especially when it comes from somebody like yrag.

Okay, so here's another thought/slant on this thread.

If somebody else had asked the same question [maybe with a little more information] they would likely have gotten far more respect and useful responses to assist them, so why is it that kona ALWAYS atracts snide and snarky responses?  He may not always provide enough information, maybe because he lacks the confidence or know-how, and thus his posts are short/without great detail, but that should NOT make him the target of ridicule and disrespectful remarks.

So, WCers, how about it?  Let's afford kona the same respect we expect to receive ourselves.

How people respond to an individual is entirely up to that individual.  How the individual comes across, how he/she interacts, reacts, frames relationships sets the tone for any further interactions with others down the road.  Kona has (either intentionally or by some other cause not relevant to this particular point) often times come across as obtuse (to say the least) in his interactions on these forums.  This cause has an effect.  Evident in many (sometimes lengthy) threads here.

Yes, we all expect to respected.  If we are, is it because we demanded it or asked for it?  I believe it is because in our actions we demonstrated it, so it was reciprocated.  I have not always demonstrated respect and have therefore not always received it either but I firmly believe that the individual determines the way they are interacted with.