SATA 3.0Gb/s running at 1.5Gb/s

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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 said:
I'm hoping that someone can answer the following question ... before I fork out money for a new
SATA hard drive.
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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.
Click to expand...
My question is, will the drive's performance go down by setting it to 1.5Gb/s or, will the
performance be the same?
Click to expand...

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.
 
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