GameGuy369
join:2004-07-09
Olathe, KS
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| How do I know if my HDD is 3GB/s?
I have a custom built system by CyberPowerSystem, and it has an ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe mobo which supports 3GB/s SATA. It has an Hitachi 160GB hard drive (dont know anything else). Is there any tool that will tell me what my HDD can do? And also, I want to get a second HDD as a backup, but is it OK to have that is 3GB/s and one that isnt, will that effect anything (I wont be doing RAID, ill be copying True Image backups over) |
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
1 edit | Read this about why you won't get 3 Gb/Sec: »www.sata-io.org/namingguidelines.asp |
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GameGuy369
join:2004-07-09
Olathe, KS
clubs: | All that says is that SATA II does not equal 3GB/s. That has nothing to do with an actual 3GB/s drive. |
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Sweet Witch
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join:2003-07-15
Gallifrey
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| said by GameGuy369  :
All that says is that SATA II does not equal 3GB/s. That has nothing to do with an actual 3GB/s drive.
The transfer speed is what matters, not the drive speed.
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EUS
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join:2002-09-10
Montreal, QC
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said by GameGuy369 :It has an Hitachi 160GB hard drive (dont know anything else). Is there any tool that will tell me what my HDD can do? And also, I want to get a second HDD as a backup, but is it OK to have that is 3GB/s and one that isnt, will that effect anything (I wont be doing RAID, ill be copying True Image backups over) 1) I may be wrong, but think sisoft sandra has a hard disk benchmark tool.
2) I have 3 IDE drives, and 1 sata I drive, I can copy back and forth without a problem. Obviously the speed i get is limited (among other things) to the IDE drive's speed. |
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Lenny_Nero
join:2005-03-11
England | reply to GameGuy369
This might help (depending on chipset) my motherboard drivers (nForce) have a speed test built into the controller page under device manager. |
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