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    T61p hard disk: SATA I or SATA II?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Fignuts, Jul 15, 2008.

  1. Fignuts

    Fignuts Notebook Consultant

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    With the new OCZ Core SSD SATA II disks earning some amazing benchmarks and reviews (check http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hard-drive,1968-9.html for some), I'm curious, does anyone know if the T61p supports SATA I or SATA II? If it's SATA I only, does anyone know if we'd still be able to use SATA II drives in it? (As far as I know SATA II is backwards compatible, but I'm not 100% sure.) Would the only noticeable performance impact be reduced maximum bandwidth?
     
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  2. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    T61 = SATA II

    ;) x
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You can use SATA II drives. My Seagate is one, but the chipset don't support SATA II. It will run in SATA I mode. I doubt you'd notice a difference unless doing something hard drive intensive.
     
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  4. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    The ICH8M-Enhanced I/O Controller does support SATA300, which is the same as SATA II.

    http://www.spci.com/tuckalumni/pdf/766313U.pdf
     
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    EateryOfPiza Notebook Geek

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    You won't notice a difference. Hard disk I/O speeds are limited by the physical spinning of the platters and doesn't even approach the SATA I limit.
     
    EateryOfPiza, Jul 16, 2008
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    Fignuts Notebook Consultant

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    I agree, most people (including myself) probably wouldn't notice a difference. That said, if you check out the benchmarks for the new OCZ Core Solid-State disks, if there ever was a disk that people would notice the difference with, that is it. :)
     
    Fignuts, Jul 16, 2008
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