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will SATAII drives work on a SATA1 mobo?

Almost always, and most drives even have a "make me be SATA 1" jumper for extra compatibility (check the manufacturer site maxtor.com).

Sata II is not any faster though.
 
As far as i know those are both SATAII, looks more like an error on the part of the sellers than a different model.

No it shouldn't matter. At most you might have to set some jumpers on the hard drive, but SATAII is designed to be backward compatible.
 
The answer to your question is yes.


Do not call it SATA II. Call it by its real name, Sata 3gb/s.

Calling Sata 3gb/s Sata II is like calling PCI Express PCI X.
 
I have that same motherboard, I thought the motherboard was SATA 3gb/s compatible... 🙁
and btw, whats the speed diffrance between I and II
 
Originally posted by: Evil Peanut
I have that same motherboard, I thought the motherboard was SATA 3gb/s compatible... 🙁
and btw, whats the speed diffrance between I and II
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In real terms, none, no single hard drive can saturate a SATA channel. iRAM and being able to have more than one drive per channel ( i think that's how it works ) mean that SATAII does help occasionally (or will when iRAM 2 turns up) but for 99% of home users it's a marketing gimmic more than anything.

The fastest SATA drive is the raptor 150, a SATA drive, NOT SATAII. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Originally posted by: Evil Peanut
I have that same motherboard, I thought the motherboard was SATA 3gb/s compatible... 🙁
and btw, whats the speed diffrance between I and II
Click to expand...

In real terms, none, no single hard drive can saturate a SATA channel. iRAM and being able to have more than one drive per channel ( i think that's how it works ) mean that SATAII does help occasionally (or will when iRAM 2 turns up) but for 99% of home users it's a marketing gimmic more than anything.

The fastest SATA drive is the raptor 150, a SATA drive, NOT SATAII. 🙂
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Thanks! it made a lot of things more clearer now 🙂 thanks again
 
imo, biggest advantage to sata...is the connections and cables . .
a lot of 133 ide drives can hang w/ most sata drives (throughput wise) . . but since i've gone sata and now have 3 of em, i wont be going back. 😉

next will be sata dvdrw/cdrw . . and i'll be all set!

edit: oh and the fact that u can plug/unplug while the system is running, thats kinda neat. 😉 i wouldn't suggest doing it w/ your swap or system drive tho heheh
 
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