SATA II Question...

[Keebler Elf]

I have a SATA II drive with 3.0Mb/s data transfer capability. My motherboard does not support SATA II without a PCI adaptor card. My current PCI adaptor card supports 1.5Mb/s data transfer capability so it's my understanding that my hard drive only works at that lower rate.

My question is this: If I buy a 3.0Mb/s PCI adaptor card, will I be able to fully utilize the 3.0 speed on my hard drive or are there other factors that play a role (e.g., the motherboard)?

 

[joebear]

NO.

No hardrive on the market even comes close to saturating the bandwidth of SATA I let alone SATA II.

biggest factor is rotation speed. 10K for Raptors is the max for SATA, for SCSI Barricudas are 15K.

 

[basketcase]

Come on, buy it even if it doesn't help. While you're at it, get a new mobo and a new pair of sli video cards. If you don't, the computer companies will go broke and you would feel bad.

Really, the prices are pretty close with IDE/SATA/SATAII. Might as well get the newer one. (read/write times on the newer HD's will be better - as long as the HD's capacity isn't too high)

 

[papasmerf]

Hold the mouse closer to the computer. This way we can see you motherboard and processor.

 

[Keebler Elf]

Ahhh, I get it. I wouldn't be getting the full use of the 3.0 Gb/s anyways so why bother (other than for future upgrade possibilities). Thanks all.