SATA 3.0Gb/s running at 1.5Gb/s

[USR]

Hello:

I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork
out money for a new SATA hard drive.

I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks
for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s
capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not
be using a RAID setup.

My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to
1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same?

TIA

 

[Rod Speed]

I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork out money for a new
SATA hard drive.

I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks for the drive look
awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s capabilties. I know that the drive will
still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not be using a RAID setup.

My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to 1.5Gb/s or, will the
performance be the same?

The performance in other than a benchmark is determined by the
drive physical characteristics, rotation rate and sectors per track,
so you shouldnt notice any difference in a proper double blind trial.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Performance will be the same. 1.5 Gb/sec is much faster than the drive can read or write.

 

[USR]

Thanks for the info. guys. I got the drive today and boy is it fast!