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Sir what ever capacity u buy....make sure the model number ends in AAKS....that means 16mb cache....and cache helps a lot in decreasing loading times and stuff...
but if ya really want performance...then u have plan ur Hdd placements...like in which hdd ya are installing the OS (its better to do this in a separate hdd than the storage one).....and ya should also Think about going for RAID 0 for performance boosts...
And just because a drive is listed as SATA-II doesn't mean it's capable of 3.0Gbps. It's a long story, but to be safe, stick with drives that identify themselves specifically as 3.0Gbps or as SATA-IO.
It is compatible with older SATA150 motherboards though, so no worries there.
I don't know too much about the performance differences, as I've yet to see any benchmarks. Maybe it's just not worth writing about? Who knows.
Main differences are SATA-IO drives supporting NCQ and Hot Plug, which hopefully all manufacturers will implement instead of leaving out to save costs. There's already too much technical knowledge required to get a good deal on computers today, we don't need even more complexities added to the mix, especially to a component that's been fairly stable.
NCQ is an important feature to have...so go with SATA II 3.0 gbps...16mb cache...and only SATA II have the Native command queing option...
TO SUM IT UP THE MAIN DIFFERENCE ON PAPER B/W SATA AND SATA II is THE NCQ FEATURE AND THE LOGICAL TRANSFER RATES OF SATA (1.5 GBps) AND SATA II (3.0 GBps)...
hope this helps Buddy...
Last edited by shajeel; 11-10-2008 at 10:45 AM.
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