sata question

[AnAngelsDeath]

Im currently updating an S939 AMD 64 based system that uses this motherboard - www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?CatId=1569&EdpNo=3318077 - and i was wondering what kind of sata hdd would work with it? Ive been looking at a 500GB SATA 3.0GB/S hdd. Would this work with said mobo? And if not what SATA drives will?

 

[Blue Fox]

SATA is SATA...any drive will work.

 

[AnAngelsDeath]

thank you, i was pretty sure that was the case but I just wanted to check before i purchased !

 

[westrock2000]

More precisly SATA is backwards compatible. So even if you bought a SATA 6Gbps or 3Gbps or whatever harddrive, it will match it self to whatever the host is (if its slower). Like wise you can use an older SATA harddrive on a newer SATA bus and it will work fine, the bus will just run drive at the older speed. Its like memory.