Confusion concerning hard drives


  1. markvis14
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    Confusion concerning hard drives


    Hello,

    I want to buy a second harddrive which I will be using for games.
    At the moment I am a bit confused.

    I currently got a Western Digital "WDC WD10EACS-00D6B0" Green caviar I believe.
    Now I want to get something that got 7200 rpm or higher. (like WD velociraptors)

    Would I be able to use those? As they probably use a different type of connection?

    I got the following motherboard: MicroStar-7502

    I am just a bit confused so some explaining would be helpfull.

    Thank you.

    Mark
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  3. Maguscreed
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    You should be fine for the plug in that board is new enough to have sata's on it.
    I don't think you should bother spending the money on a raptor though.
    A caviar black would probably do fine for you, and you could get a hell of a lot more space for less money.
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  4. Phone Man
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    You present drive uses a SATA II 3 Gbs interface. The VelociRaptors are available in SATA II 3 Gbs and SATA III 6Gbs and both will work on your system but will be at the 3 Gbs speed. Another good choice would be the Caviar Black which also come in both interface speeds. No real advantage to the SATA III 6 Gbs interface since the drive wont preform that fast.

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  6. markvis14
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    Okay, that answered my question.

    Thank you both for your help.
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