No SATA, SATA2 HDD speeds

[Volcar]

ok still a newb =p, but help me out here i'm learning still. i have a Gigabyte K8N Pro SLi mobo and it only has SATA2. So that scratches the idea of having a raptor. But i hate load times. what would be the fastest drives i can get for SATA2.

 

[sturm]

From what i have read off the net sata and sata2 should be compatible anyway you work. I would say a raptor should work on a sata interface but at sata speeds only.
I know you can run sata2 drives on a sata interface but havent found anything on a sata drive on a sata2 interface.
If anyone know if a sata drive works fine on a sata2 interface or not please post here. Ill keep looking in the mean time.

 

[Covered_in_bees]

I'm running 'raptors' on an ASUS A8N32-SLi Deluxe (which is SATA2) with no problems.

hope this helps

 

[nobly]

SATA 2.0 should be backwards compatible with SATA1, so don't worry.
If you doubt, either check the SATA controller spec sheets or the HDD spec sheets - they'll tell you too.

 

[moparman390]

SATA and SATA2 drives and controllers are fully compatible with each other, the only difference is speed.

Here are all the possible combinations and their resulting speed.

SATA HDD + SATA Controller = 1.5Gb/s
SATA HDD + SATA2 Controller = 1.5Gb/s
SATA HDD2 + SATA Controller = 1.5Gb/s
SATA HDD2 + SATA2 Controller = 3.0Gb/s

I also feel that SATA2 is over-rated as even a Raptor cannot read/write data fast enough to exceed the bandwidth of SATA 1.5Gb/s.