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02-November-05, 08:22 PM
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| Apex Techie Lite |  SATA150 vs SATA3.0gbps I'll get what I know out of the way first. SATA150: 1st generation SATA 150mb/s speeds PERILOUSLY DANGEROUS WHEN SWALLOWED SATA3.0gbps: 2nd generation SATA 300mb/s speeds has native command queueing What I need to know is this, my motherboard supports SATA150, if I were to buy a SATA II hd, would it be backwards compatible with my motherboard? Meaning would it operate as a SATA150 drive if I bought one anticipating a future motherboard upgrade to a SATA II compatible motherboard? | |
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03-November-05, 08:54 AM
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| PcApEX's PuNK ROckER  | what would be the point? sata2 would cost more $ per a gig... and you would not see a preformance boost, unless your mb has onboard sata2 support.. buying a sata2 controler card wouldnt help either... you still would be limited to the speed of your pci slot. | |
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03-November-05, 09:23 AM
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| n00b-ass reviewer  | The motherboard has to support both SATA II and NCQ. Some will support the faster speed, but not the NCQ. If you can get the drive for the same price (or just a couple of bucks more) then by all means, get the drive with the newer technology. If you have to pay a premium for the options then look for a good budget drive so you can upgrade your mobo in the future. | |
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03-November-05, 12:59 PM
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| Apex Techie Lite | Thanks, it's kinda strange that I couldn't find information on backwards compatability. ATM I'm looking for disks for a raid, and i'm probably settling for 80gig sata drives for 53-60 dollars. If I spot a decent price on a SATA II drive I'll pick it up.  edit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145082 sata 3.0 80gig hitachi 8mb cache 7200 rpm = 52.00 Perhaps something is wrong here. Does anyone spot something wrong with this drive or is it a good buy? (this one's actually about 1.50 cheaper than the sata150 counterparts that I saw...) Last edited by ethereal; 03-November-05 at 01:06 PM.. | |
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03-November-05, 04:32 PM
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| PcApEX's PuNK ROckER | umm well.... yeah.... they are hitachi... alot of ppl had to rma there hdds after a couple of months.... and fyi: By factory default, this drive is locked to 150Mbyte/s. You have to use a bootable DOS tool from Hitachi site to change the transfer speed to 300Mbyte/s. | |
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