Originally Posted by JonNik
A 7200 rpm IDE drive is 0nly 5% slower than the 10000 rpm SATA raptor ?
Do you have any particular Brand/model in mind ?
Any link to a relevant benchmark ?

I can't quote anything, but I know that the real-world SATA is far less than the benchmarking results based on the actual usage. However, I know you can see differences 5400RPM vs 7200RPM on the same bus, so I can only imagine that it would be noticeable (for loading, etc) when adding the SATA advantage.