Serial ATA help..

I'm making an inventory for a new computer I'm going to build. My brother has just recently made one, and introduced to me Serial ATA (or SATA), which I had never heard of. He, just like me is unfamiliar with SATA and I'm confused.

The motherboard I placed in my inventory supports SATA I, when I go to look for a hard drive to buy in the search option I have either "SATA 3.0gb/s" or "Serial ATA150". I'm unsure which is SATA I. My brother doesn't know either because his mobo supports SATA I and SATA II.

I did some image googling to see which is the SATA I cable and to see if I can find a distinction between the two. I came up with no conclusive results. According to my results SATA II is also known as eSATA, which is that cable that doesn't have that 'L' shape on the connector, whereas SATA I is the one with the 'L' shape at the connector. However, which is SATA I? SATA 3.0gb/s or Serial ATA150?

I'm making an inventory for a new computer I'm going to build. My brother has just recently made one, and introduced to me Serial ATA (or SATA), which I had never heard of. He, just like me is unfamiliar with SATA and I'm confused.

The motherboard I placed in my inventory supports SATA I, when I go to look for a hard drive to buy in the search option I have either "SATA 3.0gb/s" or "Serial ATA150". I'm unsure which is SATA I. My brother doesn't know either because his mobo supports SATA I and SATA II.

I did some image googling to see which is the SATA I cable and to see if I can find a distinction between the two. I came up with no conclusive results. According to my results SATA II is also known as eSATA, which is that cable that doesn't have that 'L' shape on the connector, whereas SATA I is the one with the 'L' shape at the connector. However, which is SATA I? SATA 3.0gb/s or Serial ATA150?

Neither mate..............this site should have everything you want to know about SATA, from the horse's mouth, so to speak

http://www.sata-io.org/namingguidelines.asp

;)

Neither mate..............this site should have everything you want to know about SATA, from the horse's mouth, so to speak

http://www.sata-io.org/namingguidelines.asp

;)

Well, that still leaves me confused, if not even more confused, since now, according to the information you provided, newegg (where I'm buying all my parts) doesn't have a hard drive compatible to my mobo. Also, that website doesn't provide any information about SATA I, only SATA II. Also, which interface SHOULD I be looking for then on my hard drive?

EDIT: I don't know if it'll help, but this is the mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131569

Well, that still leaves me confused, if not even more confused, since now, according to the information you provided, newegg (where I'm buying all my parts) doesn't have a hard drive compatible to my mobo. Also, that website doesn't provide any information about SATA I, only SATA II. Also, which interface SHOULD I be looking for then on my hard drive?

EDIT: I don't know if it'll help, but this is the mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131569

SATA is a newer technology, but its gaining some speed

i dont know much about it.. but im running a SATA board with a SATA HDD

dont count me on this.. but i think SATA I and SATA II are backwards compatiable... seems to be teh trend nowadays

try and think of it like USB and USB2... one is just faster

from what i got from nihil's link... SATA II is the old company name... which is now SATA IO...

if you get a drive that is SATA 150.. it will run at 150m/s ... if you get a SATA 3gig... it will run at 3gig/s

just trying to simplify.. hope this helps


and if you buy the wrong drive... you can most likely return it..



last thing... browse this over.. little extra verbage but might help some

http://www.sata-io.org/docs/serialata%20-%20a%20comparison%20with%20ultra%20ata%20technology.pdf

SATA is a newer technology, but its gaining some speed

i dont know much about it.. but im running a SATA board with a SATA HDD

dont count me on this.. but i think SATA I and SATA II are backwards compatiable... seems to be teh trend nowadays

try and think of it like USB and USB2... one is just faster

from what i got from nihil's link... SATA II is the old company name... which is now SATA IO...

if you get a drive that is SATA 150.. it will run at 150m/s ... if you get a SATA 3gig... it will run at 3gig/s

just trying to simplify.. hope this helps


and if you buy the wrong drive... you can most likely return it..



last thing... browse this over.. little extra verbage but might help some

http://www.sata-io.org/docs/serialata%20-%20a%20comparison%20with%20ultra%20ata%20technology.pdf

I guess manufacturers are still using old naming systems.

No big deal, for a new box just get the latest.

I am forever getting hacked off by people who go and buy USB devices that aren't compatible. Whatever hardware it is, just get the latest standard...............it will last longer and have a good chance of working with stuff that comes along afterwards.

;)

I guess manufacturers are still using old naming systems.

No big deal, for a new box just get the latest.

I am forever getting hacked off by people who go and buy USB devices that aren't compatible. Whatever hardware it is, just get the latest standard...............it will last longer and have a good chance of working with stuff that comes along afterwards.

;)

hexa, if I return the HD I have to pay a 15% restocking fee, so I would like to buy one that is compatible. Also, your link directs me to microsoft's website.

Nihil, that's what I'm aiming for, but with a fixed budget it's kind of difficult. The only thing I'm really willing to spend lots of money on is the proccessor since speed IS a concern, I got the fastest AMD processor I could find on newegg which is 2GhZ, which from what I understand is about 3GhZ by intels standards.

Going back to the question, I placed in my inventory a 200gb and a 100gb HD both Serial ATA150, but does anybody know another website that they buy computer parts from since I would like to see some pictures because newegg has a default image for all hard drives, so that I can verify compatiblity at least by checking that the connector fits.

EDIT: I began to image google for the specific hard drives and came up with these results:

Serial ATA150:
http://www.tomshardware.se/lagring/h...ottom-pers.jpg

SATA 3.0gb/s
http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2...e16/bottom.jpg

I'm assumming that the big connector on both is where the power goes, and the smaller one is where the SATA cable goes from the mobo. It seems that Hexa's concept that they are interchangable are true.

hexa, if I return the HD I have to pay a 15% restocking fee, so I would like to buy one that is compatible. Also, your link directs me to microsoft's website.

Nihil, that's what I'm aiming for, but with a fixed budget it's kind of difficult. The only thing I'm really willing to spend lots of money on is the proccessor since speed IS a concern, I got the fastest AMD processor I could find on newegg which is 2GhZ, which from what I understand is about 3GhZ by intels standards.

Going back to the question, I placed in my inventory a 200gb and a 100gb HD both Serial ATA150, but does anybody know another website that they buy computer parts from since I would like to see some pictures because newegg has a default image for all hard drives, so that I can verify compatiblity at least by checking that the connector fits.

EDIT: I began to image google for the specific hard drives and came up with these results:

Serial ATA150:
http://www.tomshardware.se/lagring/h...ottom-pers.jpg

SATA 3.0gb/s
http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2...e16/bottom.jpg

I'm assumming that the big connector on both is where the power goes, and the smaller one is where the SATA cable goes from the mobo. It seems that Hexa's concept that they are interchangable are true.