SATA and SATA II : same connection?

[Dolby]

I want buy a 1TB drive for my video streamer. It supports SATA HDD - but I see SATAII is cheaper and prefer SATAII for future.

Am I able to get a SATAII and run it at SATA speed when in a SATA device and SATAII when it a SATAII device?

 

[killadoob]

Yup

 

[Dolby]

And am I missing something here?

http://www.digitalplanet.co.za/p-11...7200rpm-sata-item-used-while-stocks-last.aspx

Seems to be a normal WD 250GB SATA for R6,000.00? An error perhaps?

 

[Dolby]

Yup

Thanks!

It looks like WD don't even make 1TB

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Nice to know they will improve on a piece of technology, and try to keep backwards compatibility.

So if you've got an MFM HDD still lying around, you can chuck it out, that interface have died for good.

 

[killadoob]

Of course Western digital make 1tb hdd's

http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=61_64&products_id=17751

 

[chickenbeef]

WD make 2TB HDDs

 

[cerebus]

They are the same connection, I think you can make a SATA2 into a normal SATA usually - with Seagates you remove a pin somewhere.

 

[ponder]

I want buy a 1TB drive for my video streamer. It supports SATA HDD - but I see SATAII is cheaper and prefer SATAII for future.

Am I able to get a SATAII and run it at SATA speed when in a SATA device and SATAII when it a SATAII device?

There really is no such thing as SATAII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#SATA_II_misnomer

SATA II misnomer

Popular usage may refer to the SATA 3 Gbit/s specification as "Serial ATA II" ("SATA II" or "SATA2"), contrary to the wishes of the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) which defines the standard. SATA II was originally the name of a committee defining updated SATA standards, of which the 3 Gbit/s standard was just one. However since it was among the most prominent features defined by the former SATA II committee, the name SATA II became synonymous with the 3 Gbit/s standard, so the group has since changed names to the Serial ATA International Organization, or SATA-IO, to avoid further confusion.

 

[RoosTa]

There really is no such thing as SATAII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#SATA_II_misnomer

+1

- but from a marketing point-of-view, "SATA2" sounds better. I still laugh at these companies selling "SATA2" HDDs.