SATA 1 vs 2

[csnv]

So, i have 4x 1.5TB SATA2. My mobo has 4x SATA1 ports. I don't mind downgrading the speed on my HDD to 1.5Gbps because I think the bottleneck will be my wireless network (54 Mbps around)... so I will never reach that even with 5 machines, is that a good assumption? Or something haven't I thought about?

 

[Yoda4561]

Yes, what you haven't thought about is that the limitation in hard drive speed (with the exception of SSDs) is not the interface, it's the drive itself. Platter drives can barely touch SATA1's bandwidth regardless of their interface, with few exceptions. The only time they can use SATA2's is during burst/cache operations, which don't really affect the end user experience. You'll be just fine with using the SATA1 ports.

 

[csnv]

Thanks Yoda master.