Sata 6gb/s vs sata 3gb/s

[hitesh12]

How much better will be the sata 6gb/s than sata 3gb/s ?
I'm going to build a pc and was thinking if sata 6gb/s is really great .
I would not be upgrading for at least 3 years.
Also sata 6 mobos are quite costly compared to sata 3gbs.
So what's your opinion ?

 

[hitesh12]

Anyone?

 

[Thornyjohny]

Well, the difference is pretty much obvious, SATA 6 GB/s can transfer up to 6 GB of data per second, whereas SATA 3 GB/s can do only 3 GB per second.
The difference would mainly be seen in load times for games, 6 GB/s should load up twice as fast than 3 GB/s.

PS: In fact, this is why some people buy SSDs, because they are much faster than HDDs.

 

[clarkjd]

It all depends on the type of device attached to the SATA port. If you are talking about a mechanical HDD, or an Optical drive(CD, DVD, etc) there is very little, if any difference. A mechanical HDD cannot saturate the SATA3gb/s. SSD's are another story.

 

[game junky]

It all depends on the type of device attached to the SATA port. If you are talking about a mechanical HDD, or an Optical drive(CD, DVD, etc) there is very little, if any difference. A mechanical HDD cannot saturate the SATA3gb/s. SSD's are another story.

Agreed - if you're intending to use a solid state drive for your OS, it would be worth it to look at a SATA 6gb/s. If you have no intention of doing so, gains to other peripherals would be difficult to quantify. From someone who used a SATAII solid state and upgraded to a SATAIII, it's a world of difference in day to day usage.

 

[mfleming001]

Real world performance difference between SATA2 and SATA3 is about 0. The only time you will see much difference is in benchmarks.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sata-6gbps-performance-sata-3gbps,3110-7.html

 

[hitesh12]

Ummm..pardon me asking such silly question but what is an ssd ?
I googled it found out that it has very less space and it is quite costly.
So there must be some other imp func of an ssd.
Please explain or post a link which will explain in easy language.
(wiki is so useless for computer related terms)

 

[clarkjd]

SSD-- Solid State Drive. Like a big thumb drive. much faster access times than a mechanical hard drive. Great for storing the Operating system. greatly reduces boot up times.