Serial ATA 3 6G

[Gordon.C]

Hello ,

I am thinking about getting a new hard drive. This one in particular http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544

My question is. Is it worth it? I now have normal IDE (about 4 years old) disk and am quite disappointed by its speed. Will the new drive provide significantly higher speed?

 

[Aastii]

yes, it will be worth it. IDE to SATA, the speeds are noticable for load and boot times and what not. However, I would go for a Samsung F3, they are quicker and cheaper than their competators:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

 

[Hsv_Man]

I'm pretty sure i'm on Sata 2 and i noticed a big step up from IDE when i made the switch earlier this year. So therefore yes it is definantly worth the upgrade.

 

[Gordon.C]

Ok good.

Is it a problem when I try to connect a 6G drive to my MoBo that only supports 3G drives? Will it work?

 

[linkin]

They are backwards compatible and will work fine.

 

[Aastii]

Ok good.

Is it a problem when I try to connect a 6G drive to my MoBo that only supports 3G drives? Will it work?

both use the same connector and both will work together. You can use a SATA 3 drive on a SATA 6 header and vice versa

 

[Gordon.C]

Is for example the boot speed significatntly reduced? I am mostly curious about that, since my boot takes upto 2 minutes

 

[Gordon.C]

Another question, is the speed of such drive (6G) somewhere near a SSD drive in comparison?

 

[Cromewell]

No. The interface speed only really affects burst transfers on a traditional drive. The mechanical components can't read/write data as fast as an SSD. A newer mechanical drive will be faster than that old one though.