SATA 3.0Gb/s running at 1.5Gb/s

Hello:

I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork
out money for a new SATA hard drive.

I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks
for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s
capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not
be using a RAID setup.

My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to
1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same?

TIA

USR <myohmy@hotmail.com> wrote

> I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork out money for a new
> SATA hard drive.

> I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks for the drive look
> awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s capabilties. I know that the drive will
> still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not be using a RAID setup.

> My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to 1.5Gb/s or, will the
> performance be the same?

The performance in other than a benchmark is determined by the
drive physical characteristics, rotation rate and sectors per track,
so you shouldnt notice any difference in a proper double blind trial.

Performance will be the same. 1.5 Gb/sec is much faster than the drive can read or write.

USR wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork
> out money for a new SATA hard drive.
>
> I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks
> for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s
> capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will not
> be using a RAID setup.
>
> My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to
> 1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same?
>
> TIA

--
Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

Thanks for the info. guys. I got the drive today and boy is it fast!

"Mike Walsh" <spamscks@netrox.net> wrote in message
news:4566753F.106252FE@netrox.net...
>
> Performance will be the same. 1.5 Gb/sec is much faster than the drive can
> read or write.
>
> USR wrote:
>>
>> Hello:
>>
>> I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I
>> fork
>> out money for a new SATA hard drive.
>>
>> I'm thinking of getting a Seagate ST3320620AS hard drive. The benchmarks
>> for the drive look awsome. However, my motherboard does not have 3.0Gb/s
>> capabilties. I know that the drive will still run at 1.5Gb/s. I will
>> not
>> be using a RAID setup.
>>
>> My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to
>> 1.5Gb/s or, will the performance be the same?
>>
>> TIA
>
> --
> Mike Walsh
> West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.