SATA and SATA II in same machine?

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2006/07/21 15:14:22 (permalink)

SATA and SATA II in same machine?

With the impending AMD price cuts I have been contemplating an upgrade. I was thinking about using the second drive of my current DAW (120GB WD SATA) as the primary drive (OS, programs etc) and getting a second, larger SATA II drive as the 'audio' drive.

Any issues in mixing these two drives on the same SATA controller? Will the SATA II effectively be constrained to the 150Gb/s transfer rate?

Thanks in advance.
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    calaverasgrandes
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    RE: SATA and SATA II in same machine? 2006/07/24 17:11:59 (permalink)
    is the controller sata II?

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    jacktheexcynic
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    RE: SATA and SATA II in same machine? 2006/07/24 19:18:47 (permalink)
    from extremetech.com:

    3Gbps. Not all SATA-II devices are required to run at 3Gbps, but the increased speed is there for applications and drives that want to take advantage of it. 3Gbps drives are completely backward compatible—you can plug them into a first-generation SATA system, but they'll just move data at a maximum 1.5Gbps. Cables are compatible, and first-generation SATA drives will work fine in systems that support 3Gbps although the drives themselves will still be 1.5Gbps.


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