do i need sata III drive or will a SAta II do

sunshinewelly · 17 May 2012 at 22:25

will i notice any real world difference if i was to get a sata ii rather than sata iii as the sata ii are slightly cheaper at the moment

Subliminal Aura · 17 May 2012 at 22:29

depends how much your saving and whether that saving is enough to forfeit future proofing yourself

If it's a couple of quid then you're tighter than me and that says a lot

hyperst · 17 May 2012 at 22:31

I went from sata 2 to sata 3, if anything it feels a tad slower, my windows loading and welcome screen are now a little longer, just my luck.

Ollie1132 · 17 May 2012 at 22:36

hyperst said:
I went from sata 2 to sata 3, if anything it feels a tad slower, my windows loading and welcome screen are now a little longer, just my luck.

That sounds rather bad. I wonder why that has happened to you :/

Surveyor · 17 May 2012 at 22:38

SSD or HDD?

hyperst · 17 May 2012 at 23:22

Ollie1132 said:
That sounds rather bad. I wonder why that has happened to you :/

No idea tbh, all speed results show that the drive is twice as fast as my old corsair ssd, but in real world use I can see my loading screen taking longer, it's a strange one, maybe driver issues as I had one or two hiccups with my new install of windows 7 and new drivers, it didn't go as smooth as normal.

Ollie1132 · 17 May 2012 at 23:25

Im sure it will balance out if you ever reinstall windows I guess.

sunshinewelly · 17 May 2012 at 23:27

i am talking about an SSD - there is a £10 difference

Ollie1132 · 17 May 2012 at 23:28

What are you planning on spending and what are you looking at SSD wise?

sunshinewelly · 17 May 2012 at 23:34

i am looking at a 120gb one

dont want to spend any more than £70 and can see that there is one on this site going for around £69 for SATA II

sunshinewelly · 17 May 2012 at 23:39

also will i need to buy a cradle or can they simply be connected to the motherboard

Ollie1132 · 17 May 2012 at 23:40

Can you give us a product name? Reason being some SSD's use cheaper NAND that performs worse. Just don't post any compettitor links if you're looking at another site.

Essexraptor · 17 May 2012 at 23:55

sunshinewelly said:
also will i need to buy a cradle or can they simply be connected to the motherboard

One of these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-002-OP&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=

is not absolutely needed.

Some cases come with mounting points already built in. Otherwise like me, on one build, you can connect it up and tuck it away behind the motherboard tray and side panel. Even stick some velcro on it or doublesided sticky pads if you want to get really fancy

Atom · 18 May 2012 at 01:33

I went X25M to M4 and back to the X25M. Didn't notice a difference with the M4 for os use so sold it and went back to a X25M using a MSI GD65..

passey89 · 18 May 2012 at 06:58

I had my M4 on my sata II mobo and once i changed my mobo to a sata III one i really noticed the difference.

boots faster loads games faster. (were talking only about 5 seconds diff though on boot)

WEI went from 7.2 to 7.9.

you don't need a cradle at all if its a desktop thats not going to be moved at all just rest it on the bottom of your case. Its not like its gonna sprout legs and try to walk off is it.

sunshinewelly · 18 May 2012 at 12:18

I was looking at the one that overclockers were selling on this site under their daily deals.

I will stick it with some velcro then.

cheers for the advice