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December 13th 06, 10:36 PM
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SATA Drives 1.5GBs vs 3.0GBs - Slower speeds?
Hello,
I currently have a 3.0/GBs 250GB SATA hard drive in my PC. I have been given the option to purchase a new 200GB 1.5/GBs drive from my job for a great price. I am wondering if SATA is like IDE, if I connect a 1.5/GBs speed drive to my motherboard, will this slow down my 3.0/GBs drive. I plan to use the 200GB 1.5/GBs drive for backup purposes only and won't be installing the OS on it. Thanks, Jason Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com 
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December 13th 06, 10:42 PM
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SATA Drives 1.5GBs vs 3.0GBs - Slower speeds?
Jason wrote
I currently have a 3.0/GBs 250GB SATA hard drive in my PC. I have been given the option to purchase a new 200GB 1.5/GBs drive from my job for a great price. I am wondering if SATA is like IDE, if I connect a 1.5/GBs speed drive to my motherboard, will this slow down my 3.0/GBs drive. No it wont, and you dont get that effect with IDE drives either. I plan to use the 200GB 1.5/GBs drive for backup purposes only and won't be installing the OS on it. It'll be fine, tho it will likely not perform quite as well as the 250G drive just because its likely a generation older technology and so likely has less sectors per track.
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December 13th 06, 10:58 PM
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SATA Drives 1.5GBs vs 3.0GBs - Slower speeds?
Thanks for the quick feedback
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:42:10 +1100, "Rod Speed" wrote: Jason wrote I currently have a 3.0/GBs 250GB SATA hard drive in my PC. I have been given the option to purchase a new 200GB 1.5/GBs drive from my job for a great price. I am wondering if SATA is like IDE, if I connect a 1.5/GBs speed drive to my motherboard, will this slow down my 3.0/GBs drive. No it wont, and you dont get that effect with IDE drives either. I plan to use the 200GB 1.5/GBs drive for backup purposes only and won't be installing the OS on it. It'll be fine, tho it will likely not perform quite as well as the 250G drive just because its likely a generation older technology and so likely has less sectors per track. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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December 13th 06, 11:54 PM
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SATA Drives 1.5GBs vs 3.0GBs - Slower speeds?
You did not say what make and model of motherboard you are using. Does it
even FULLY support SATA II (3.0 GB/s)? -- DaveW ---------------- "Jason" wrote in message ... Hello, I currently have a 3.0/GBs 250GB SATA hard drive in my PC. I have been given the option to purchase a new 200GB 1.5/GBs drive from my job for a great price. I am wondering if SATA is like IDE, if I connect a 1.5/GBs speed drive to my motherboard, will this slow down my 3.0/GBs drive. I plan to use the 200GB 1.5/GBs drive for backup purposes only and won't be installing the OS on it. Thanks, Jason Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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