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Posted at 12:02 PM on Tuesday 06/15/10 by
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SuperBiiz has the Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $95 - 15% off with coupon code SUMMERTIME [Exp 6/20] = $81 with free shipping. This drive uses the new generation SATA 6.0gbs interface that features increased transfer speeds as well as updated power efficiency and native command queuing.
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    goldenboyfx - Posted 5:08 pm PDT 06/15/10 (1381 Posts)  Report Spam

    Enough with the GB/s bullcr@p, that's just plain marketing gimmick.
    A typical 7200rpm can transfer 200 mbps tops...that is in linear, large file reads. No point in sporting a 6gbps or even a 6million gbps interface.

    The sata interface gimmick is very similar to those high-speed, 'gold plated' hdmi cable scam.

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    _AC_ - Posted 5:29 pm PDT 06/15/10 (366 Posts)  Report Spam

    Well said #1. Why even bother? I'm going back to bed now.

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    JakeBlade - Posted 7:17 pm PDT 06/15/10 (650 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1 ... the rest of us can tell that the 6 Gb/s is a newer generation than 3 Gb/s or 1.5 Gb/s drives. That's just ignoring the fact that it's also SAS compatible and isochronous streaming and faster reads from DRAM cache and...

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    dd - Posted 7:33 pm PDT 06/15/10 (802 Posts)  Report Spam

    The sustained transfer rate of SATA II (3 Gb/s) drives doesn't begin to max out the machine's PCIe buss where the controllers live.

    SATA III (6 Gb/s) comes closer, but I suspect that inexpensive aftermarket cards won't be able to take full advantage.

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