SATA, SATAII, and SAS all use the same cable. The SATAII cables might have a redisgned plug on the end to prevent it from accidently coming off. (if so, that might be worth it.) If you already have the SATA cable, and want to reuse it for the new drive, you should be good to go.
As a side note, remember that the difference between SATA and SATAII is the speed of the INTERFACE, not the speed of the drive. Harddrives of today are barely reaching the limits of ATA-100, and can't come close to filling the bandwith availible for SATA/SATAII. (What I'm trying to say is its a waste of money buying a SATAII drive as a similar model SATA drive should be just as fast.)

I don't view it as a gimmick, just something that isn't needed. Its like building a road where the posted speed limit is 700MPH. Who cares if you could drive that fast as there isn't a car out there that can do over 275. Same with SATAII. Who cares if the bandwith is 3Gbps, drives can't even fill ATA-100.

Actually its more of a marketing lie.

There are no SATA II drives period. Anyone who labels their product SATA II is making up their own imanginary standards.

The SATA-IO board says thare are no SATA II devices and that the term SATA II should never be used to describe a product. They have the final word on such matters.

All SATA drives are from the same "genaration" and follow the same standards.

This issue has already been beaten into the ground.

Tru64


Marketing at it's worst

ok ok its not a gimmick its a "waste" "unnessary" "not fully utilized" my englash is poor

This suddenly makes AMD's marketing look good 8O
And we all know that thats total BS.

@japanmanga2000
Just get a couple of raptors and put them in raid 0 or something.

Even if there was a thing like SATAII and cables for it, would a silly little cable really hurt your pocket that badly???

This suddenly makes AMD's marketing look good 8O
And we all know that thats total BS.

@japanmanga2000
Just get a couple of raptors and put them in raid 0 or something.

Even if there was a thing like SATAII and cables for it, would a silly little cable really hurt your pocket that badly???



Cables sometimes can make a huge difference.

And sometimes not.

I agree with you $4 in a build is not a big deal.

However since the cables are the same it doesn't even matter that much.

:-D

as for the speed it`s like that:

standard sata it`s 1,5gbps (bit) ... or 150mbytes per second.... 20 percent is used for error corection codes 150x1,2=180mega bytes per second
180 mega bytes per seconds x 8 = 1440 mega bits per seconds...

now you know why a raptor 150 only has a transfer rate of same 127....150 is maximum....


so don`t compare the ata 100 standard.....with this one.......

sorry for the spelling ..i was in a rush...