SATA II to the Power of 3.0Gb/sec: Three Drives Reviewed

jmke · 26th June 2005, 15:47

Our overview of the SATA II specification a few days ago provided our readers with some insight on what SATA II was really about. In short, SATA II provides updates to the SATA 1.0 specifications including new features and a possible increase in transfer rates from 1.5Gb/sec to 3.0Gb/sec if drive manufacturers decide to implement these features in their products. The new transfer rates depend on what combination of hardware is used to build a drive such as the port multiplier, port selector, cables, and connectors used in a storage system.

The first drives capable of 3.0Gb/sec transfer rates came to our attention a while back but we wanted to see a few other manufacturers show us their offerings before we dug deeper into the supposed higher speed drives. Hitachi was the first to market the SATA II 3.0Gb/sec drive with Samsung and Western Digital following. Samsung was nice enough to send us a test sample to work with and we picked up a Hitachi and Western Digital model in time.

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2454

Rutar · 26th June 2005, 16:01

I went STRAIGHT to thermal and accoustics. I'm not believing their numbers at all.

chip.de testing is showing massive differences but they use sone, a Raptor being just as quiet as the Samsung Spinpoints in dba, I'm not buyng this ****.

Sidney · 26th June 2005, 17:01

Quote:

I'm not buyng this ****.

You don't have to ..... however, you must understand the difference between dB, dBA and dBC.

Your hearing response to frequency and dB differs from individual; the chart is for comparison using dB.

Rutar · 26th June 2005, 17:31

I understand the difference, it's still dam retarded when another review is stating a 2.6 to 5.4 sone difference which is really reflecting the difference between a Raptor screamer and a Samsung HD.

those dba ratings have to be trashed as they do not carry any usefull information, worse they are completly missleading

Sidney · 26th June 2005, 18:02

Definition of SONE

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/dB.html

SONE doesn't exist without dB, therefore you suggestion to trash dB measurement unit will never work.

Faiakes · 27th June 2005, 07:32

The Raptor is still king, from what I can see.

Rutar · 27th June 2005, 08:08

But at which cost? Noisy, expensive, small :/

26th June 2005, 15:47	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	SATA II to the Power of 3.0Gb/sec: Three Drives Reviewed Our overview of the SATA II specification a few days ago provided our readers with some insight on what SATA II was really about. In short, SATA II provides updates to the SATA 1.0 specifications including new features and a possible increase in transfer rates from 1.5Gb/sec to 3.0Gb/sec if drive manufacturers decide to implement these features in their products. The new transfer rates depend on what combination of hardware is used to build a drive such as the port multiplier, port selector, cables, and connectors used in a storage system. The first drives capable of 3.0Gb/sec transfer rates came to our attention a while back but we wanted to see a few other manufacturers show us their offerings before we dug deeper into the supposed higher speed drives. Hitachi was the first to market the SATA II 3.0Gb/sec drive with Samsung and Western Digital following. Samsung was nice enough to send us a test sample to work with and we picked up a Hitachi and Western Digital model in time. http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2454 __________________

26th June 2005, 18:02	#5
Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,730	Definition of SONE http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/dB.html SONE doesn't exist without dB, therefore you suggestion to trash dB measurement unit will never work. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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26th June 2005, 16:01	#2
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	I went STRAIGHT to thermal and accoustics. I'm not believing their numbers at all. chip.de testing is showing massive differences but they use sone, a Raptor being just as quiet as the Samsung Spinpoints in dba, I'm not buyng this ****.

26th June 2005, 17:31	#4
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	I understand the difference, it's still dam retarded when another review is stating a 2.6 to 5.4 sone difference which is really reflecting the difference between a Raptor screamer and a Samsung HD. those dba ratings have to be trashed as they do not carry any usefull information, worse they are completly missleading

27th June 2005, 07:32	#6
Faiakes Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts: 507	The Raptor is still king, from what I can see.

27th June 2005, 08:08	#7
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	But at which cost? Noisy, expensive, small :/