GA-K8NXP-SLI and sata 2

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hello,

This board, GA-K8NXP-SLI, supports SATA II on the nVidia
controller.

I have a pair of Maxtor 6B300S0 sata drives which claim
to be sata II capable.

In my current setup (Aopen ax4c max II) the above drives get
an average of 95 MB/s striped in Raid0. That board only does
SATA I (1.5 Gb/s).

If I move this pair to the K8NXP what performance differences
can I expect, if any? How much boost does the 1394b give over
the 1394a?

tia,
tlviewer

 

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"tlviewer" <tlviewerSHRUB@yahooCHENEY.com> wrote in message
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> hello,
>
> This board, GA-K8NXP-SLI, supports SATA II on the nVidia
> controller.
>
> I have a pair of Maxtor 6B300S0 sata drives which claim
> to be sata II capable.

No they are not. They are NOT SATA II drives. They just support NCQ and have
a 16MB buffer. They are still only SATA I drives.

And NO drive on the market even comes close in speed to the SATA I, let
alone SATA II, interface.

It's PR spin and hype. The BEST drives on the market right now and fastest
is the WD Raptors 74GB. Run four of them in RAID 0 and you're approaching
130MB's.


>
> In my current setup (Aopen ax4c max II) the above drives get
> an average of 95 MB/s striped in Raid0. That board only does
> SATA I (1.5 Gb/s).
>
> If I move this pair to the K8NXP what performance differences
> can I expect, if any?

None.

>How much boost does the 1394b give over
> the 1394a?

It dosen't as the 1934b runs over the PCI bus which is limited to 133MB's.
People always fall for the PR and spin.


>
> tia,
> tlviewer
>
>