January 23, 200818 yr Just curious to know the difference between Sata and Sata IIThanks,Bill Asus Tuf Gaming Plus B550 - Ryzen 7 5800X3D - Asus GeForce 4080 RTX OC Edition - 64GB DDR4 (3600Mhz) - EVGA 850W Power Supply - 2X 1 TB NVME PCIE gen 4 - Windows 11 (25H2)
January 23, 200818 yr Both use the same interface but max speed is different. SATA I = 1.5GbsSATA II = 3.0Gbs
January 23, 200818 yr Author Wow, that is a big difference, but even using one single drive?Thanks,Bill Asus Tuf Gaming Plus B550 - Ryzen 7 5800X3D - Asus GeForce 4080 RTX OC Edition - 64GB DDR4 (3600Mhz) - EVGA 850W Power Supply - 2X 1 TB NVME PCIE gen 4 - Windows 11 (25H2)
January 23, 200818 yr Hello,http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/tip/1,...i992442,00.htmlHope it helps Emile EBBR Z590 Aorus Elite, i9-11900K 3.5Ghz Nvidia RTX 5070, 32 GB Mem, SSD 3 Tera , 3 monitors Win11 Pro X64 LM P3D V6.1 Little Nav Map Hifisim Nvidia 591.44
January 23, 200818 yr Keep in mind these are just busses. They are the racetracks that the racecars run on. Harddrives (the racecars) these days have a max speed of about 100MB/s. A SATA I buss (racetrack) is capable of accommodating drives that can transfer data at rates of up to 150MB/s. There are no single drives in production today that need even the capacity of SATA I (or for that matter, EIDE 133). A SATA II buss can accommodate drives that can transfer data at rates of up to ~300MB/s. That's way beyond the need any single drive, even on the horizon. Consider: If a drive has an absolute data transfer rate of 100MB/s, giving it a buss (track) that has a higher data transfer capacity Will Not make that drive go faster. To gauge the drive's performance, you must look at the drive's specs, NoT its buss. That said, SATA II is the modern standard and supports other features. If you have a choice, always go for SATA II.
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