SATA vs SATA2

theblademan · 03-13-2006, 10:19 AM

Can a mobo with SATA support the new SATA2 HD?

JohnnyX · 03-13-2006, 11:25 AM

Elbatrop1 · 03-13-2006, 11:43 AM

To elaborate on what he said:

SATAII is backwards compatible. This means that a SATAII HD will work on a mobo that doesnt support SATAII. SATA HDs will also work on SATAII interfaces.

Nowadays, SATAII is pretty comparable in price to SATA, so if it comes down to it, you might as well get SATAII. If you can't manage to get a SATAII HD, or it is more expensive, don't even bother with it, as the performance difference is nearly non-existant.

01100100 · 03-13-2006, 01:41 PM

Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly are the differences between SATA and SATAII?

Ste · 03-13-2006, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 01100100
Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly are the differences between SATA and SATAII?

S-ATA 1 Has Maximum Transfer Speed of 150 MB/s
S-ATA 2 Has a Maximum Transfer Speed of 3.0Gb/s

theblademan · 03-13-2006, 03:54 PM

Thanks for the knowledge techies! SATA2 it will be

Mr. Switch · 03-14-2006, 12:22 AM

I just bought 2 SATA150 drives because my old ones are crapping out on me. I got both Western Digitals, one is an 80GB'er and the other is a 250GB'er with 16MB of cache. cost around $160 with shipping.

01100100 · 03-14-2006, 12:59 PM

wow, Ive never heard of a HD with a 16MB cache!

I never knew that SATAI existed, I thought that it was only SATAII. Guess you learn something new every day

Biggie578 · 03-14-2006, 09:42 PM

SATA II has transfer speed of 300mb so whats the 3gb/s?

Ste · 03-14-2006, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Biggie578
SATA II has transfer speed of 300mb so whats the 3gb/s?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA

Your right, Sorry, Im never trusting Newegg listings Ever again.

They call them " SATA 3.0 Gb/s " Which is SATA II...

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Elbatrop1 Memberbot Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,061	To elaborate on what he said: SATAII is backwards compatible. This means that a SATAII HD will work on a mobo that doesnt support SATAII. SATA HDs will also work on SATAII interfaces. Nowadays, SATAII is pretty comparable in price to SATA, so if it comes down to it, you might as well get SATAII. If you can't manage to get a SATAII HD, or it is more expensive, don't even bother with it, as the performance difference is nearly non-existant. __________________ Intel E6750...........PSN: ELBATROP XFX nForce 650i Ultra Kingston PC2-6400 2GB eVGA 9800GT 36GB WD Raptor 120GB SG 250GB WD Logitech X-530 Samsung SyncMaster 931c Samsung SyncMaster 750s

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Mr. Switch Monster Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,642	I just bought 2 SATA150 drives because my old ones are crapping out on me. I got both Western Digitals, one is an 80GB'er and the other is a 250GB'er with 16MB of cache. cost around $160 with shipping. __________________

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01100100 Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 29	Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly are the differences between SATA and SATAII?

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