What is the difference..

[Pain53]

What is the difference between a SATA and a SATA2 Hard drive? This would be on a Gaming computer too.


Thanks

 

[peterhuang913]

They are different speeds. SATA2 is faster. Most modern motherboard supports both.

 

[Pain53]

is this one any good for a SATA2 HDD?
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

 

[thirdshiftdj]

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

 

[ag3]

Barracuda's are great drives!

 

[fletchcountry]

the more expensive one of the two has perpendicular writing technology. I just bought the the as model but have not insalled it yet. I think the AS model is the less expensive one. I do not know what perpendicular writing technology is.

 

[Baez]

Just wiki perpendicular recording and it gives you a brief overview of what it is.

 

[carnageX]

the more expensive one of the two has perpendicular writing technology. I just bought the the as model but have not insalled it yet. I think the AS model is the less expensive one. I do not know what perpendicular writing technology is.

The less expensive one has it as well...