mrtbig Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 How important is it to have SATA2 (300) support on motherboard versus SATA1 (150)? Will it make a huge difference? Quote Link to comment
RobJ Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 From my experience, there is a small but significant difference in performance. I see a range roughly between 10% and 30% improvement between a SATA150 drive and various SATA300 drives on differing controllers. The cost is small between motherboards with or without, so I would always go for SATA II support myself. Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 SATA2 also introduced two additional features useful for arrays: 1/ A signal on the power-connector which can be used to indicate hard drive activity. 2/ A "locking" connector style to support locking SATA cables. Quote Link to comment
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