Quote Originally Posted by 'gobtol',index.php?page=Thread&postID=132999#post1 32999
My motherboard does support quad core, so I'll definitely look at getting one. Tiger has the Q6600s for like $189.99. I believe my hd's are SATA, but I'm not sure. I bought the system from a friend so I'm not very familiar with everything in it.
Are the cables going to the hard drive fat and wide or small and skinny.

If fat and wide (connecters are about 2-3 inches across) then you have paralell ATA. f they are very small and the ends are L-shaped then chances are it's SATA.

SATA is faster than PATA. Faster drives means you get better performance. If you want to go blazing speed see that thread about the 150mb/s performace with Flash drive. It screams like a banshee.