R Robert Graeme Distinguished Mar 27, 2011 2 0 18,510 Mar 27, 2011 #1 If I buy a sata 2 hard drive will it run at full speed with my Dell studio 435mt? Are the sata ports sata 1 or sata 2?
If I buy a sata 2 hard drive will it run at full speed with my Dell studio 435mt? Are the sata ports sata 1 or sata 2?
galeener Distinguished Apr 9, 2010 1,256 0 19,660 Mar 27, 2011 #2 Its a sata II. But with any mechanical drive you won't hit the top of the sataII spec. You can get close with an ssd though.
Its a sata II. But with any mechanical drive you won't hit the top of the sataII spec. You can get close with an ssd though.
jb6684 Distinguished Feb 20, 2011 1,554 1 20,460 Mar 27, 2011 #3 No hard drive ever made even come close to saturating SATA 3Gb/s.... so either interface will allow full performance.... Serial ATA 2 (SATA-300)[44] 2,400 Mbit/s 300 MB/s Serial ATA 3 (SATA-600)[44] 4,800 Mbit/s 600 MB/s
No hard drive ever made even come close to saturating SATA 3Gb/s.... so either interface will allow full performance.... Serial ATA 2 (SATA-300)[44] 2,400 Mbit/s 300 MB/s Serial ATA 3 (SATA-600)[44] 4,800 Mbit/s 600 MB/s
galeener Distinguished Apr 9, 2010 1,256 0 19,660 Mar 28, 2011 #4 He was asking about sata I and sata II not sata III, Just fyi.