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| 499336 | 2006-11-15 06:58:00 | Hi, I'm getting a 2nd harddrive becuase the 1st has run out of space. My Current one is a Barracuda 7200.7 SATA - ST3200822AS (www.seagate.com) (I got the ST3200822AS from the Device Manager) I brought a Seagate 300GB Barracuda Serial ATA 8MB 7200rpm NCQ Hard Drive (supercheappc.biz) But since it's out of stock, they have suggested Seagate 320GB 16Mb SATA II 7200RPM .10 (supercheappc.biz) I know the 2nd one is better, Larger Cache, same rpm, My Question is, Is my computer SATA2 compitable? or how do I check? P.S What does the NCQ mean on the 1st one & the .10 on the 2nd one mean? Thanks (Hopefully) in advance Daniel |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 499337 | 2006-11-15 07:05:00 | You'll have to find out what the brand/model of the motherboard is. Before we can tell u if it supports SATA 2. NCQ = (en.wikipedia.org) A system that only supports SATA 1, will still run a SATA 2 hdd, (once you change the jumper on the SATA 2 hdd), but it'll only run at SATA 1 speed. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 499338 | 2006-11-15 09:27:00 | As Speedy says, advise us what your motherboard is. If you're unsure, download, install and run Belarc (http://www.belarc.com) - a free utility. When you run it, it'll show your motherboard make and model under "Main Circuit Board". | Greg (193) | ||
| 499339 | 2006-11-15 18:22:00 | Thanks for Belarc, Main Circuit Board b Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-E 2.XX Serial Number: 123456789000 Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1001 01/21/2005 Thanks for helping :) |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 499340 | 2006-11-15 18:26:00 | According to this (www.asus.com) It does support SATA 2 nForce4 Storage: - 4 x SATA 3Gb/s <- This is SATA 2. - 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 - NVRAID : RAID0, RAID1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD span cross SATA and PATA You can also get updates for it here (support.asus.com) If u decide to update something, READ FIRST |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 499341 | 2006-11-15 19:21:00 | Thanks for that, No I don't think I'll upgrade the bios, thats above my leauge :/ |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 499342 | 2006-11-15 19:28:00 | No worries. :thumbs: | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 499343 | 2006-11-15 20:07:00 | The Barracuda 10s are supposed to be nice drives, haven't used one myself, have installed a few - no problems -(that's what the .10 is). If you are getting that drive for the same price as the 300gb then go for it. | trig42 (11325) | ||
| 499344 | 2006-11-15 20:32:00 | Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-E 2.XXThat's a v/ nice motherboard :) | Greg (193) | ||
| 499345 | 2006-11-15 20:35:00 | I would get the Seagate 320GB 16Mb SATA II 7200RPM .10, as it is bigger, faster, has bigger cache - but it doesn't appear to have NCQ. NCQ might be worth getting, so perhaps check with them that it has it, if not you could get this www.nfc.co.nz |
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