L lawhth New Member Apr 13, 2010 #1 Hi I know that you can use a SATA2 HDD on a motherboard that supports SATA1. But can you use both a SATA 2 and a SATA1 HDD (slaved) ? Im thinking of getting the SATA 1 HDD but the SATA 2 HDD is cheaper and better :/ Thanks Law
Hi I know that you can use a SATA2 HDD on a motherboard that supports SATA1. But can you use both a SATA 2 and a SATA1 HDD (slaved) ? Im thinking of getting the SATA 1 HDD but the SATA 2 HDD is cheaper and better :/ Thanks Law
StrangleHold Moderator Staff member Apr 13, 2010 #2 Yes you can use both a SATA I and II. SATA drives are not Mastered or Slaved.
Deviousmind Member Apr 13, 2010 #3 you can use a sata 2 h/d on a motherboard that only supports sata 1 but it will only operate at 150 MB/s not the sata 2 h/d rate of 300 MB/s
you can use a sata 2 h/d on a motherboard that only supports sata 1 but it will only operate at 150 MB/s not the sata 2 h/d rate of 300 MB/s
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Apr 13, 2010 #4 Deviousmind said: you can use a sata 2 h/d on a motherboard that only supports sata 1 but it will only operate at 150 MB/s not the sata 2 h/d rate of 300 MB/s Click to expand... Yep, but as of now not many spinning hard drives can actually saturate SATA 1 limits.
Deviousmind said: you can use a sata 2 h/d on a motherboard that only supports sata 1 but it will only operate at 150 MB/s not the sata 2 h/d rate of 300 MB/s Click to expand... Yep, but as of now not many spinning hard drives can actually saturate SATA 1 limits.