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SATA and SATA 2

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/sata-and-sata-2.23629/

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anilthomas26 Original post #1
Feb 11, 2006 at 6:22 PM
Hi,
Is there much diference between SATA1 and SATA2 in perfomance
What is the cos of SATA2 hard disks
phatratt
phatratt #2
Feb 11, 2006 at 8:34 PM
main difference is data transfer speeds SATA 1 has 150mbps and its lot faster on a SATA 2.I don't have much info on SATA2.
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vijay_7287 #3
Feb 11, 2006 at 8:38 PM
SATA-2 can give u performance of almost 300mbps

but thts just theoritical
it mainly depends on the HDD spindle speed

so the real time difference between SATA-1 &2 wont be noticible
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Chindi_Chor #4
Feb 12, 2006 at 2:01 AM
SATA 2 Is Much More Faster thn SATA 1..n the price is also Difference...
eddie
eddie #5
Feb 12, 2006 at 2:23 AM
The speed difference is just theoretical as yet. Today's drives are not using even full SATA bandwidth i.e. 150 mbps but SATA-2 is definitely the future. We will see cheaper and faster SATA-2 drives in future so if you are planning to buy a Motherboard then buy one with SATA-2 ports instead of SATA-1. You can use SATA-2 drives when they actually start using the full or at least a part of SATA-2 bandwidth. Till then just use SATA-1 drives. SATA-2 is backwards compatible so you'll face no problems in doing it.