| Windows 7: ADVICE Required please. |
11 Feb 2012
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ADVICE Required please. I want to get a SSD, lets say 60gig, as I can install other items on other drive. Also lets say I want to use These people.
Now I'm looking at this Drive and was wondering as it said on the Drive that it will work on Sata II. Now the item of Advice im looking here is,
Will the Sata II run at the FULL 300mbs with this drive and perform better than one that is only for Sata II.
Common sense tells me that is will/should work better then any drive that is Sata II as the drive is fast. I know it wont Run to its fullest speed but for the money and the Speed it will read and write it should be just fine. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Build. OS Windows 7 Home Pre CPU Q8200 Intell 2.333 Motherboard Asus P5Q3 Delux Memory DDR3 1333 4gig Graphics Card Ati HD4870 Sound Card Onboard Soundmax. 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays 1, 20" Samsung Screen Resolution 1600/900 Keyboard Standard, Gaming Wolfking Mouse Cm-storm-inferno-wired-gaming-mouse PSU Good enough Case Le Shark Cooling FAN FAN FAN FAN, Thermaltake Minitype 90 with speed fan 4. Internet Speed Sky Crappy upto 20meg I get a whapping 5.8mbs. |
11 Feb 2012
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#2 | | W7 x64 3rd Rock from the Sun |
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Sata-III devices are backwards compatible to Sata-II controllers. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine OS W7 x64 CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650) Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios) Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model Mouse Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse PSU OCZ 600w Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang Hard Drives Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner... Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet Antivirus NOD32 Browser Opera Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner. |
11 Feb 2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1 St Thomas, Virgin Islands |

Quote: Originally Posted by mrdemon I want to get a SSD, lets say 60gig, as I can install other items on other drive. Also lets say I want to use These people.
Now I'm looking at this Drive and was wondering as it said on the Drive that it will work on Sata II. Now the item of Advice im looking here is,
Will the Sata II run at the FULL 300mbs with this drive and perform better than one that is only for Sata II.
Common sense tells me that is will/should work better then any drive that is Sata II as the drive is fast. I know it wont Run to its fullest speed but for the money and the Speed it will read and write it should be just fine. Please note that SATA II is supposed to be capable of handling 3GBs, SATA III is 6GBs. You won't notice any difference in speed, since the read/write speed of the Kingston SSD is 535 MBs & 460MBs. If you only have SATA II on your machine, it still won't hurt to get the SATA III drive, since it is backward compatable.
When you do get a SATA III machine in the future, you will be able to use its full capabilities.
Just note that there are no drives that even come close to 3GBs - much less 6GBs! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1 CPU Intel QX9650 - Mild Overclock to 3.5Ghz Motherboard ASUS P5Q SE Plus Memory 16GB G.Skill F2-6400 at 840Mhz Graphics Card nVidia Ge Force GTX 550ti Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays HP w2408h Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Logitech Illuminated Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 PSU Antec Basiq BP500U Case CoolerMaster ATX ATC-210 Cooling Non-Stock Heatsink w/high speed CPU fan Hard Drives CRUCIAL M4 128Gb SSD, --
Two - WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 SATA's, -- One
WDC WD2001FASS-00U0B0 SATA |
11 Feb 2012
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#4 | | Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 Danbury, CT |

Quote: Originally Posted by TBoyd Just note that there are no drives that even come close to 3GBs - much less 6GBs! That's really 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s, or 375 and 750 GB/s. (Bits and bytes.)
A 3Gb SATA controller isn't capable of keeping up with a fast SSD. For example: AnandTech - The OCZ Vertex 3 Review (120GB)
The practical difference isn't large enough to discourage running a 6Gb SATA drive on a 3GB controller, but it's measurable. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number homegrown OS Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 CPU Intel Core I7-3930k Motherboard Asus P9X79 Pro Memory 16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133 Graphics Card eVGA GTX680 Sound Card Creative X-Fi Titanium Monitor(s) Displays As PA246Q Screen Resolution 1920 X 1200 Keyboard cheap Logitech USB Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (old optical) USB PSU PCP&C Silencer 750 Crossfire Case Silverstone FT02 Cooling Noctua NH-D14 Hard Drives Corsair Force GT, 120 GB
WDC 1.5TB Caviar Black Internet Speed 6Mb cable Other Info Pioneer BDR-205
Samsung SH-203B
Monsoon 5.1 speakers |
11 Feb 2012
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#5 | | Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1 St Thomas, Virgin Islands |

Quote: Originally Posted by bobkn 
Quote: Originally Posted by TBoyd Just note that there are no drives that even come close to 3GBs - much less 6GBs! That's really 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s, or 375 and 750 GB/s. (Bits and bytes.)
A 3Gb SATA controller isn't capable of keeping up with a fast SSD. For example: AnandTech - The OCZ Vertex 3 Review (120GB)
The practical difference isn't large enough to discourage running a 6Gb SATA drive on a 3GB controller, but it's measurable.
Thanks, bobkn, I stand corrected! Good point! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1 CPU Intel QX9650 - Mild Overclock to 3.5Ghz Motherboard ASUS P5Q SE Plus Memory 16GB G.Skill F2-6400 at 840Mhz Graphics Card nVidia Ge Force GTX 550ti Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays HP w2408h Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Logitech Illuminated Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 PSU Antec Basiq BP500U Case CoolerMaster ATX ATC-210 Cooling Non-Stock Heatsink w/high speed CPU fan Hard Drives CRUCIAL M4 128Gb SSD, --
Two - WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 SATA's, -- One
WDC WD2001FASS-00U0B0 SATA |
15 Feb 2012
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Quote: That's really 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s, or 375 and 750 GB/s. (Bits and bytes.)
A 3Gb SATA controller isn't capable of keeping up with a fast SSD. For example: AnandTech - The OCZ Vertex 3 Review (120GB)
The practical difference isn't large enough to discourage running a 6Gb SATA drive on a 3GB controller, but it's measurable. So you saying I will indeed get a full speed read and write with the Sata III drive. As most of the Sata II drives dont get to that speed (ave 100mbs).
And If and when I get a Sata III mobo and ext I should be ok.
Thanks
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