sata 2

karam · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:59

why do they state that you get 3gb/s wen your only getting 300mb/s on sata2 :confused:

karam · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:20

no body knows...

smids · 13 Apr 2006 at 11:45

karam said:
no body knows...

Because what they say is true. There are different units used -

3.0GBp/s - 3 Gigabits per second.
300MB/s - 300 megabytes per second.

A byte is I believe 8 bits. The figures are approximations I think - to help the consumer.

karam · 14 Apr 2006 at 00:10

i c my bad ,
thanks for the reply

R B Customs · 14 Apr 2006 at 00:26

yea sounds a lot better doesnt it...
its like broadband went from 128KB, to 512KB to 8Mb (8 megaBITS ( Mb) is equal to one mega BYTE ( MB - all capitals )

ofcourse the average Joe doesnt realise this but it makes an excelent selling point