sata III on sata II mobo gain some speed?

Michael Pisao

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Apr 28, 2013
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okey so this is the scenario i have sata II hdd and sata II mobo im planning to buy sata III hdd
hoping for some speed up is this will work? even i use sata II cable??
 
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it will only have a difference if you are using SSD (actually hard to notice on normal use), for mechanical (hdd) drives, no. HDD's barely use the sata2 speeds.
this is what i know at least.
if you want really fast drive, get an ssd, even a 120gb :)
it will only have a difference if you are using SSD (actually hard to notice on normal use), for mechanical (hdd) drives, no. HDD's barely use the sata2 speeds.
this is what i know at least.
if you want really fast drive, get an ssd, even a 120gb :)
 
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