Originally posted by: jdjuice
For real? I got one of the SATAII Hitachi drives.
in all reality the interface is not the bottleneck, the mechanical part of the hdd is. sataII, from what i have read will give you very high strs when in striping raids with 2-4 hdds as will sataI, but for the normal desktop user, there is no advantage and they only really shine in benchmarks, again for the average user.
those hitachis are fast, but you probably won't notice much of a difference compared to what you have because the 200GB is still relatively knew and fast. in a benchmark program i would say you would see a small increase, but in the "seat of the pants" i doubt you will be able to tell them apart if you were to do a blind test.
to have a noticeable speed improvement, you would need to go either a 74GB raptor 10,000k rpm or 10 or 15krpm scsi, and since you are using 60GB, the scsi is out of the question since the 36GB in the speeds i mentioned are $120-$200. many will say the performance is not worth the $$$ spent, that is a personal opinion and not for me to make for anybody. i like my 10k rpm scsi and when i find a 15krpm for a good price i will buy it and put it in in the 10krpms place.
sorry
