ZipZoomFly has the Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $105 - $15 rebate [Exp 4/15] = $90 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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so with this sata 6.0Gb/s interface, what are the actual read/write speeds?
Not faster than 3.0Gb/s drives if the reviews I've seen are valid. The new Samsung drive with 2 500Gb platters is a 3.0Gb/s drive and is faster than this WD. Google it.
So what is the point of getting a MB with SATA3 and a hard drive with sata 6.0Gb/s interface if it is no faster than SATA2? Is there any adavantage at all, or is hard drive spin speed too much of a bottleneck?
so sata 6.0gb/s is like the shiny racing exhaust tip on the back of a civic.
SATA 6.0gbps is future proofing for your mobo. Probably not that important for now, but an other few years SSDs might be pushing SATA 3.0gbps limits.
It's meaningless for this particular 7200rpm drive.