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    T400/T500 SATA Throughput

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by nicodemus, Aug 30, 2008.

  1. nicodemus

    nicodemus Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone know what this number is? I noticed all the magnetic disks are rated at 1.5 Gbps, but the SSD is 3.0 Gbps. If I purchased a 3.0 Gbps drive, would I realize the full throughput or is the controller only capable of 1.5 Gbps?
     
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  2. NAS Ghost

    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    The SATA I and SATA II interfaces are limited by the disk read and write speed so at the moment there really isnt any difference.
     
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  3. AznRacerNSX

    AznRacerNSX Notebook Evangelist

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    AznRacerNSX, Aug 30, 2008
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  4. NAS Ghost

    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    Well, for a SSD vs a traditional hard disk yes, but as far as their actual interfaces, no disk drive can currently max out the bandwidth of SATA I.
     
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  5. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Also, while the latest SSD drives might have faster read speeds, they are slower when it comes to writes.
     
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  6. AznRacerNSX

    AznRacerNSX Notebook Evangelist

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    i dunno i guess i prefer read speed over write speed.. but i also prefer... bang for the buck sort of thing.. lol so i got a 7200rpm hd for my x200.
     
    AznRacerNSX, Aug 30, 2008
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