sata ll and sata 150, whats the difference

[nospeak]

Hello.

I am looking to purchase a asus a8n-sli delux mobo.
Can someone tell me what the diference between SATA 150 and SATAll is? I am looking for hard drives and I have no idea what the difference is.
Thanks


Joe

 

[dguy6789]

If I remember correctly, SATA II has a higher bandwidth capacity than SATA 150. To date, no harddrive even comes close to Sata 150's maximum bandwidth, so Sata II is useless at the moment.

 

[saltedeggman]

SATA I is SATA 150, SATA II is SATA 300

 

[overst33r]

sata II has a theoretical output of 3Gb/s while sata150 only does 1.5Gb/s, right now the speed difference is unnoticable to the average user. But i would recommend sataII due to NCQ (native command queing) and just for future technology improvements.

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ohh and welcome to the forums

 

[DerelictDev]

You should see absolutely no difference between the two.

SATAII i think has some kind of ability to run a SATA hub from 1 port which is nifty

1 port = 4 SATA using hub

but generally speaking, most mobos come with at least 4 SATA ports and thats enough. Just buy whats cheaper