|
| If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|||||||
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
November 24th 06, 03:52 AM
posted to alt.comp.hardware
|
|||
|
|||
SATA 3.0Gb/s running at 1.5Gb/s
Hello:
I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork out money for a new SATA hard drive. I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not be using a RAID setup. My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to 1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same? TIA 
|
|
#2
November 24th 06, 04:29 AM
posted to alt.comp.hardware
|
|||
|
|||
|
SATA 3.0Gb/s running at 1.5Gb/s
USR wrote
I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork out money for a new SATA hard drive. I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not be using a RAID setup. My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to 1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same? The performance in other than a benchmark is determined by the drive physical characteristics, rotation rate and sectors per track, so you shouldnt notice any difference in a proper double blind trial.
|
|
#3
November 24th 06, 04:29 AM
posted to alt.comp.hardware
|
|||
|
|||
|
SATA 3.0Gb/s running at 1.5Gb/s
Performance will be the same. 1.5 Gb/sec is much faster than the drive can read or write. USR wrote: Hello: I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork out money for a new SATA hard drive. I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not be using a RAID setup. My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to 1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same? TIA -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
|
|
#4
November 25th 06, 05:58 AM
posted to alt.comp.hardware
|
|||
|
|||
|
SATA 3.0Gb/s running at 1.5Gb/s
Thanks for the info. guys. I got the drive today and boy is it fast!
"Mike Walsh" wrote in message ... Performance will be the same. 1.5 Gb/sec is much faster than the drive can read or write. USR wrote: Hello: I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork out money for a new SATA hard drive. I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not be using a RAID setup. My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to 1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same? TIA -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| SATA drives in the cosmos . . . I don't use no stinking drive sleds . . . | Stan Shankman | Storage (alternative) | 0 | May 12th 06 12:33 AM |
| SATA Harddisk power cable | news.news | Asus Motherboards | 5 | January 10th 06 06:04 AM |
| SATA data male-male gender changer adapter ? | Julien Pierre | Storage (alternative) | 0 | September 25th 04 09:08 AM |
| Asus P4C800 Deluxe ATA SATA and RAID Promise FastTrack 378 Drivers and more. | Julian | Asus Motherboards | 2 | August 11th 04 12:43 PM |
| Intel 875 Mobo and RAID. Is this rightso far? | K G Wood | Homebuilt PC's | 7 | April 19th 04 06:17 AM |
Linear Mode
