Will the AV8/AX8 support Hitachi and Seagate SATA 1.5gb/s?

[Rhin0]

Hey guys,

Will an Abit AX8 K8T890, AV8 K8T800 or the Asus AV8-Deluxe support Seagate or Hitachi 1.5 gb/s transfer rates? Not sure what this is called just looks like an improved Serial ATA. Maybe it was a type but I don't think so. Correct me if i'm wrong. You have Serial ATA 150 mb/sec and then you have SATA 1.5 gb/s???

-Are the 1.5gb/s SATA drives backward compatible to the 150mb/sec?

-How much performance will I lose if I don't get the 1.5gbs? Is this even available on any mobos yet?



Please don't turn this in a maxtor vs wd vs whatever debate. The debates I have seen on here are laughable at best when it comes to that topic. I am convinced the Seagate and the Hitachi are the best options for me and warranty is great. I also looked at the Maxtor 300 gig 16mb but the price is higher and the 16mb makes virtually no performance difference.

Thanks,
Seth

 

[Dahak]

yes those motherboards will support those drives ... the 1.5 gb/s = 150 mb/s when the math is done. I forget what the 1.5gb/s repesents at the moment.

 

[kogase]

192MB/s. You lose. No SATA drive in existance comes even close to this transfer rate.

 

[Rhin0]

Ok thanks guys.

Must be "gigabits" and not gigabytes. Should have figured that much.


This is just another thing like the AGP or PCI-E really the added bandwidth is moot due to the fact that you can't even fill the pipe up!