Are 3Gbit SATA drives backward compatible?

[BP]

With older mainboards built before these drives came out?
(Asus P4C800-E).

 

[Boris Easten]

YES. if you only got SATA 150 they will work but only at SATA 150
speeds

 

[BP]

Then it would make little sense to pay extra for one. That helps. Thanks.

 

[Odie Ferrous]

Then it would make little sense to pay extra for one. That helps. Thanks.

I doubt you'd notice one iota of difference in performance - not even
with the assistance of a stopwatch.

SATA 150 -> 300 is like the ATA100 -> ATA133 ATA133 -> SATA150 - not
worth the difference at all.


Odie

 

[fj]

I doubt you'd notice one iota of difference in performance - not even
with the assistance of a stopwatch. Or an atomic clock stopwatch.

SATA 150 -> 300 is like the ATA100 -> ATA133 ATA133 -> SATA150 - not
worth the difference at all.


Odie

 

[BP]

I doubt you'd notice one iota of difference in performance - not even
with the assistance of a stopwatch.

SATA 150 -> 300 is like the ATA100 -> ATA133 ATA133 -> SATA150 - not
worth the difference at all.

Good to know. Especially when you hear people gushing about what a
noticeable speed improvement they see with their new SATA drive. They
probably just bought a new box, upgrading from a 66Mhz bus with a Celeron on
it and think the hard drive made the difference?

Right now at Newegg they have a 250G SATA 3g selling for $100. And a 250GB
ATA100 for $107. Any reason not to buy the SATA?

 

[Joe Yong]

Right now at Newegg they have a 250G SATA 3g selling for $100. And a 250GB
If your rig doesn't support SATA?