sata150 vs. sataII

[Paintballfreak66]

Can someone explain to me the difference between sata150 and sataII? I tried to figure it out but I can't find it anywhere. Thanks.

 

[imported_Kensai]

150MB/s in SATA, 300MB/s SATAII.

 

[Paintballfreak66]

ah ok if a motherboard supports sata it will support either right?
Edit: Nevermind, it specifically says sata2. Alright that was easy enough, thanks.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Yes, SATA2 is backwords compatible with SATA1.

 

[Greenman]

The 300MB/s transfer rate is a joke, there still isn't a drive made that can overrun the ATA100 spec. But I think sataII includes NCQ.

 

[akshayt]

ncq also comes with sata

 

[Gamingphreek]

It is 300MB's for all drives IIRC. The SATA interface is shared between multiple drives. Its not merely 300mb/s for each drive. I remember hearing that somewhere but i could be wrong.

-Kevin

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
It is 300MB's for all drives IIRC. The SATA interface is shared between multiple drives. Its not merely 300mb/s for each drive. I remember hearing that somewhere but i could be wrong.

-Kevin

It's 300MB/s per channel. No SATA RAID can top 150.

 

[Zepper]

ATAPI drive support is also supposed to be included in SATA II. And there are drives that can outrun 100MB/sec - but they are SCSI...

.bh.