SATA and SATA II

[Rydis]

I've been reading around and even did a little search on the boards. To get to my question, whats the difference between SATA and SATA II. I am trying to build a new comp, and wondering if SATA drives work in SATA II slots.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Yup SATA and SATA II are fully backward compatible, both ways. You just wont have SATA's II benefit if you plug a sata drive in it!

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2450" target="_new">Here's a perfect read!</A>

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[Rydis]

I see. Thanks.

 

[jammydodger]

You just wont have SATA's II benefit

What benefit is that exactly? 400MB/s transfer rate [useless] or NCQ [no performance improvents on desktops]

 

[jammydodger]

Yeh but if you want w00tness you can just get a RAID array.

 

[blah]

Did that word come from "wusy"?

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[Guest]

pfffft! These are benefits, even if they are worth less =)

People should stop bashing SATA-II I didnt hear that much bashing when ATA-133 came out vs ata-100!!

Its not a must have but it remains newer technology that MIGHT come handy...I wouldnt spend x-tra buck but I'd take it over SATA-1 if equally priced!

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[blah]

Peepel, peepel, calm down, if the benefit IS worthless then there is NO benefit. What'r yo'll talking about? Read the dictionary or something in that direkshon. It says: Worthless = Worthless.

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[Guest]

Ok, then Worthless at the moment, wich doesnt make it worthless...

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[Guest]

fair enough...
Your idea of not mention or just stating thats its pure bullshit/useless to n00bs is a good one, less confusion!

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