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Help! Hard drive/ Sata II questions.
luckypotato
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Ok first i would like to give a thanks to anybody who helps out.
`Anyway, how do i know if a OEM hard drive uses Sata II and not Sata I?
`Is Sata 3.0 Gb/s a second the same as Sata II?
`Does this hard drive use Sata II or Sata I cables? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319
`Does this MoBo use Sata II cables? (compatable with above hard-drive) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138143
`Finally- Do you need to use jumper pins with Sata II hard drives?
Thanks everyone! I really am clueless when it comes to sata II as you can tell
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the wiki is the place to go.
and there are NO sata 2 cables. its all the same.
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Thanks everyone! Really were a life saver :]
It doesn't really matter unless its an SSD drive. Most magnetic drives won't be capable of getting over 150MB/s. Their speed would be around 42~50MB/s.
Oops didn't notice your question was about compatibility.
My SATA II drives do have a jumper that sets it to 1.5gb/s or 3.0gb/s you might want to check, not that a 7200rpm drive can really saturate the 1.5gb/s anyway.