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Falco

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:12 pm
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I am about to purchase a new hard drive for my present motherboard that has
SATA 1 controller.
Shortly I will be changing the motherboard to a m/b with a SATA 2
controller on it.
Can I use a SATA 2 Hard Drive with a SATA 1 controller.
I realise if it does work it will only run at SATA 1 speed.
I will be getting a 250Gb Western Digital and my motherboard is a Gigabyte
(intel)

Thanks for any constructive advice

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Rod Speed

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:55 pm
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Falco <johnyfalco RemoveThis @bigfoot.com> wrote

> I am about to purchase a new hard drive for my present motherboard that has
> SATA 1 controller.

> Shortly I will be changing the motherboard to a m/b with a SATA 2 controller
> on it.

> Can I use a SATA 2 Hard Drive with a SATA 1 controller.

Yes.

> I realise if it does work it will only run at SATA 1 speed.

Even SATA 2 drives dont do any better than SATA 1
speeds currently anyway, performance is still limited
by the drive physical detail, RPM and sectors per track.

> I will be getting a 250Gb Western Digital

I wouldnt myself, they're going thru a bit of a bad
patch reliability wise currently. I choose to use
Samsungs instead, significantly quieter too.

> and my motherboard is a Gigabyte (intel)

> Thanks for any constructive advice

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Arno Wagner

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:55 am
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Previously Falco <johnyfalco.TakeThisOut@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> I am about to purchase a new hard drive for my present motherboard that has
> SATA 1 controller.
> Shortly I will be changing the motherboard to a m/b with a SATA 2
> controller on it.
> Can I use a SATA 2 Hard Drive with a SATA 1 controller.
> I realise if it does work it will only run at SATA 1 speed.
> I will be getting a 250Gb Western Digital and my motherboard is a Gigabyte
> (intel)

Usually no problem. There are a few (very few) combinations that do not
work. Although personally I would stay away from WD. Seems to me
thet they have replaced reliability with marketing promises and
speed. Not a trade-off I would be willing to make....

Seagate and Samsung look good at the moment.

Arno
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