On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:05:53AM +1100, Kyle wrote: > 3. It's been a while since I delved into h'ware etc. So SATA II disks > will simply plug into, and function correctly, SATA plugs, yes or no? Or > are we now at a stage where I also have to worry about whether or not > the m'board will actually support the disks I want to put in?
I think the worst that can happen in this respect is your motherboard limits the drive interface to a slower speed than the drive supports, i.e. a 3 G/s capable drive will perform transfers at 1.5 G/s. This may or may not have a noticeable impact on performance. Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
