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    Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter - bottleneck?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by stallen, Jun 19, 2007.

  1. stallen

    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    Does anyone know if the ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter will allow the SATA hard drive to run at full speed or does it run slower through the adapter. Does the adapter create a bottleneck?

    Just wondering if I would still have benefit from a 7200RPM drive over a 5400RPM drive or if even a 5400RPM drive runs as fast as it should. Yes, I'm sure somebody is gonna say there is little difference between the 5400RPM drive and the 7200RPM. I'm asking specifically about use with the bay adapter.
     
    stallen, Jun 19, 2007
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  2. villageman

    villageman Notebook Evangelist

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    The bottleneck for laptop hard drives (even desktop ones) has NEVER been the interface since the era of ATA100 and SATA.
    So yes, your SATA drive will run in full speed.
     
    villageman, Jun 19, 2007
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