Sata2?!

Gnorphy · 02-01-2005, 01:21 PM

Where can you buy a hard drive with sata2 a.k.a sata with 3gb/s?

I have a mobo (A8N-SLI DELUXE) and i would like to use the sata2 interface...

WHERE?! TELL ME PLEASE!

dave597 · 02-01-2005, 01:27 PM

have you tried ebay, google or newegg?

Gnorphy · 02-01-2005, 01:29 PM

Yes I have... wall at least google, but I can't find anything.

dave597 · 02-01-2005, 01:30 PM

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=

http://www.supergooddeal.com/satahdd.html

oh and its 300 meg a second, not 3 gig, burst

Gnorphy · 02-01-2005, 01:39 PM

It is!!!

Look here! http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=...eluxe&langs=09

dave597 · 02-01-2005, 01:45 PM

oh thats transfer in gigabits per second not gigabytes, roughly speaking divide by 8 to get it into bytes.

Gnorphy · 02-01-2005, 01:50 PM

kind of I know... but doesn't you know where to buy it?

dave597 · 02-01-2005, 02:59 PM

look on the websites i gave you earlier, note down the manufacturer and model number then search around for that for the best prices, sorry i cant help you more than that since i have no interest in buying a sata2 drive myself.

i suppose you have to weight up the cost vs speed of sata 1 drives as well. are you going to be doing a lot of video editing - or file transfer if so then yes its worth the extra.

Gnorphy · 02-01-2005, 03:17 PM

ok... thanks

Switch · 02-03-2005, 07:01 PM

The fastest drives I know of right now are the WD Raptors, 10K RPM SATA drives. The 74 Gb has a 4.5 ms seek time, the 36.7 Gb has a 5.3 ms seek time. (That can make a difference sometimes) They both push 150 MB per second.

I run 2 of the 36.7 raptors in my tower PC, raid 1, with 1 Gb of DDR 400 RAM, and and AMD 3000+ 400 FSB CPU. (Socket A)

That thing is very fast...

Your machine would be even faster than mine with that 64 bit CPU and (2) 74 Gb raptors in there on raid 1 (mirrored) array.
Go for a Gig of RAM, it is cheap enough and well worth it in a PC like you have.

BTW, that board you have is awesome,..great choice.

02-01-2005, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gnorphy New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 24	Sata2?! Where can you buy a hard drive with sata2 a.k.a sata with 3gb/s? I have a mobo (A8N-SLI DELUXE) and i would like to use the sata2 interface... WHERE?! TELL ME PLEASE!

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dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	have you tried ebay, google or newegg? __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

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dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta= http://www.supergooddeal.com/satahdd.html oh and its 300 meg a second, not 3 gig, burst __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram Last edited by dave597; 02-01-2005 at 01:34 PM.

02-01-2005, 01:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	oh thats transfer in gigabits per second not gigabytes, roughly speaking divide by 8 to get it into bytes. __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

02-01-2005, 02:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	look on the websites i gave you earlier, note down the manufacturer and model number then search around for that for the best prices, sorry i cant help you more than that since i have no interest in buying a sata2 drive myself. i suppose you have to weight up the cost vs speed of sata 1 drives as well. are you going to be doing a lot of video editing - or file transfer if so then yes its worth the extra. __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

02-01-2005, 01:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gnorphy New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 24	Yes I have... wall at least google, but I can't find anything.

02-01-2005, 01:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gnorphy New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 24	It is!!! Look here! http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=...eluxe&langs=09

02-01-2005, 01:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gnorphy New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 24	kind of I know... but doesn't you know where to buy it?

02-01-2005, 03:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gnorphy New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 24	ok... thanks

02-03-2005, 07:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
Switch Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 73	The fastest drives I know of right now are the WD Raptors, 10K RPM SATA drives. The 74 Gb has a 4.5 ms seek time, the 36.7 Gb has a 5.3 ms seek time. (That can make a difference sometimes) They both push 150 MB per second. I run 2 of the 36.7 raptors in my tower PC, raid 1, with 1 Gb of DDR 400 RAM, and and AMD 3000+ 400 FSB CPU. (Socket A) That thing is very fast... Your machine would be even faster than mine with that 64 bit CPU and (2) 74 Gb raptors in there on raid 1 (mirrored) array. Go for a Gig of RAM, it is cheap enough and well worth it in a PC like you have. BTW, that board you have is awesome,..great choice.

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