SATA 150/300 compatability question

[afbrat]

my system is SATA 150, MSI mother board MS-7312.
I need a new HDD and want a 500GB but can only find them in SATA 300. will it be backward compatable?
The main reason I ask is I read a review on one HDD that says the HDD had no jumpers and could only be converted from a SATA 300 to 150 on a SATA 300 system.
is this typical?
it has put my purchase on hold.
any info on brands that don't have this prob would be helpful.

TY!!

 

[leo2kp]

Yes the drive will work, but obviously your burst speeds won't be as high as it could be.

 

[turboflame]

My Seagate drives came with a jumper that limited the HDD to SATA 150 and it was an enormous pain to remove. You'll probably be fine.

 

[Winly]

yes, the hard drive will be set to 150, in the case it doesnt you will have to use a jumper to manually set it up to 150, but with most mobo they will do it automatically. hope this helps

 

[afbrat]

thank you all very much this alleviates my fears

 

[leo2kp]

Then again, the chances of a crazed bunny rabbit with six legs bursting out of the drive increases when you set it to 150, so just take that in to consideration as well.