SATA vs SATA2

[theblademan]

Can a mobo with SATA support the new SATA2 HD?

 

[JohnnyX]

Yes

 

[Elbatrop1]

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]

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

 

[Ste]

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]

Thanks for the knowledge techies! SATA2 it will be

 

[Mr. Switch]

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]

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]

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

 

[Ste]

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...