Sata & Sataii

[ug18]

I'm now using a sata harddisk on my motherboard.
i'm not sure if now i were to buy a sataII harddisk,
can it be used on my motherboard?

what do i have to look out for?

 

[pdyckman@comcas]

You need to look for the SATA transfer speed of your board. If it supports 3GB'sd/sec. then use SATA 2. Either SATA drive is plenty fast.

 

[ug18]

So if it doesn't support 3GB/sec, can i still use SATA2 drive, so that it acts like a SATA drive?

 

[ug18]

any advise...
pls?

 

[mailpup]

Yes, it is backwards compatible so the new SATA drive will work but at the slower speed of the SATA 1 drive.

 

[ug18]

thanks! off to buy new hd!
haha!