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SATA2 vs SATA
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Name: dopescope
Date: July 27, 2006 at 10:54:16 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATAOS: Windows XP ProCPU/Ram: Intel 3.4ghz / 2gigs Cors |
Comment: I have the old sata 150 connectors on my mobo, and i just ordered one of the new WD Caviars with the 16mb cache and 250 gigs of space (a refreshing upgrade, my current raptor only has 36gigs). It's a SATA2 HD, and I need to know whether or not I will be able to use it with my current mobo. Newegg reviews suggest there is a jumper that can toggle the data stream from SATA2 so normal SATA, but I really would like additional confirmation.
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Response Number 1
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Name: jam
Date: July 27, 2006 at 11:04:44 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)backwards compatibilty.... Unfortunately, there's little significant performance difference between IDE vs SATA vs SATA2
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Response Number 2
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Name: dopescope
Date: July 27, 2006 at 11:10:37 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)sooo is it going to work? or should i be looking at a new mobo? Intel P4 3.4ghz
ATi X850 XT PE
2 Gigs Corsair XMS
WD Caviar 200gig 16m CachWD Caviar 200gig 16m Cache
Thermaltake Bigwater WC system, additional Zalman block on VGA
Thermaltake Armor Ca
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Response Number 4
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Name: dopescope
Date: July 27, 2006 at 11:17:43 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)aaaaaand what does that mean> Intel P4 3.4ghz
ATi X850 XT PE
2 Gigs Corsair XMS
WD Caviar 200gig 16m CachWD Caviar 200gig 16m Cache
Thermaltake Bigwater WC system, additional Zalman block on VGA
Thermaltake Armor Ca
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Response Number 5
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Name: dopescope
Date: July 27, 2006 at 11:21:43 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)one reviewer on newegg said "-If your mainboard is SATA-150 only, you MUST jumper these drives to that setting or they won't detect!-" It seemed to me that the drive has a jumper in which you can select the setting... Am i right? also, http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16822144701
scroll down and you will find the comment. Intel P4 3.4ghz
ATi X850 XT PE
2 Gigs Corsair XMS
WD Caviar 200gig 16m CachWD Caviar 200gig 16m Cache
Thermaltake Bigwater WC system, additional Zalman block on VGA
Thermaltake Armor Ca
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Response Number 6
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Name: jam
Date: July 27, 2006 at 14:34:13 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)Apparently going to the WDC site & checking the FAQs never dawned on you? http://tinyurl.com/jvn6u
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Response Number 7
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Name: voltage
Date: July 27, 2006 at 18:06:55 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)I found it to be a huge performance increase when I went from IDE to SATA. My hard drive doesn't even read now. I think it's telepathic!
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Response Number 8
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Name: jam
Date: July 27, 2006 at 19:05:18 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)"I found it to be a huge performance increase when I went from IDE to SATA" It depends on what you upgraded from. If it was a 5400RPM/512k/ATA66 HDD then you would notice a difference...but if it was a 7200RPM/8MB/ATA100 HDD, the difference would be minor if noticeable at all. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from going with SATA or SATA2, but the truth is, the average data transfer rates are still well under 100MB/s. "In actual use in modern personal computers both SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s hard disk drives run at non-burst speeds comparable to earlier IDE interfaces (under 50Mb/s). Since the theoretical burst speeds marketed by drive manufacturers are rarely achieved, a smaller power and interface cable plus the ability to hot-swap are the most practical SATA benefits to everyday computing." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA
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Response Number 9
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Name: M3TAL10
Date: August 31, 2006 at 12:07:42 Pacific
Subject: SATA2 vs SATA |
Reply: (edit)Ya I have the same question about changing the transfer speed on teh HDD. If u can change it to sata 150 im looking to buy same drive.
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