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I have two different HDD's, one is a Sata II (3.0Gbps) and the other is a Sata III (6.0Gbps).
My mobo supports up to 6.0Gbps, but when benchmarking using Windows Experience Index, they both score the same.
So I tried both HDD's into my other PC with a mobo that only supports up to 3.0Gbps, and the benchmark score is the same.
Both mobo and hdd's with different speeds scored the same!
After doing some reading here (tomshardware.com), many suggested that while Sata II (3.0Gbps) and Sata III (6.0Gbps) speeds may differ on paper/documentation, real-time does not even come close to 3.0Gbps, and some say not even SSD's...
My question is: did I just waste money on buying a mobo and a hard drive that's supposed to have a faster Sata? Is this the industry's way of tricking average/unaware people into buying something (that's supposed to be an upgrade) that they don't need?
My mobo supports up to 6.0Gbps, but when benchmarking using Windows Experience Index, they both score the same.
So I tried both HDD's into my other PC with a mobo that only supports up to 3.0Gbps, and the benchmark score is the same.
Both mobo and hdd's with different speeds scored the same!
After doing some reading here (tomshardware.com), many suggested that while Sata II (3.0Gbps) and Sata III (6.0Gbps) speeds may differ on paper/documentation, real-time does not even come close to 3.0Gbps, and some say not even SSD's...
My question is: did I just waste money on buying a mobo and a hard drive that's supposed to have a faster Sata? Is this the industry's way of tricking average/unaware people into buying something (that's supposed to be an upgrade) that they don't need?