How can I check if Sata Drive is working in 3.0GBps mode?

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Hi

I have just installed my new Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, how do I
find out if it has been connected using SATA 3.0 rather than SATA 1.5?

Thanks

Lawrence
 
Lawrence said:
Hi

I have just installed my new Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, how do I
find out if it has been connected using SATA 3.0 rather than SATA 1.5?
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What's the difference - the drive can only do around 0.07GBps anyway!
 
Lawrence said:
Hi

I have just installed my new Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, how do I
find out if it has been connected using SATA 3.0 rather than SATA 1.5?

Thanks

Lawrence
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You cannot get the theoretical limit on any drive. Unless you are using
huge files, running a server farm, accessing databases with millions of
entries, blueprints in real-time, 3d rendering, etc, you don't need SATA
3Gbs.

98% of computer users never even max the buffer on ATA100.

Live and learn
 
Hi


You cannot get the theoretical limit on any drive. Unless you are using
huge files, running a server farm, accessing databases with millions of
entries, blueprints in real-time, 3d rendering, etc, you don't need SATA
3Gbs.

98% of computer users never even max the buffer on ATA100.

Live and learn
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Ok thanks, my naivity really!

Learn something every day!

Cheers

Lawrence
 
The 300 is just the theoretical speed of the interface ...calculated on its
own.
My understanding Re: SATA 2 is that it does improve performance
when the Hard disc is getting full .
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GT said:
What's the difference - the drive can only do around 0.07GBps anyway!
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Actually having said that, I might be wrong - I've just remembered about
NCQ. I think NCQ is only supported in SATA II. If your drive does NCQ
(Native Command Queing) then it might be worth you googling round this
subject for a few minutes.
 
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