Hard Drive - SATA vs IDE

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My Samsung Spinpoint drives have been very reliable and quiet, but then my experience is that Maxtor drives fail within a year or two while IBM/Hitachi are very reliable, the exact opposite of what you've found.

I also haven't detected any practical difference between IDE and SATA, speed-wise.