SATA 3 Hard Drives?

[Kethridge]

I'm getting - Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

It supports SATA 3.

Is there much of a difference between SATA 2 and 3?

Are SATA 3 HD's readily available? (I don't see any on the OcUK website)

Cheers guys .

 

[Nick1881]

For mechanical drives Sata 6Gb is pointless, they are no where near using all the Sata 2 bandwidth. There are some SSD's that are just into to Sata 6Gb territory.

 

[Ciff1]

Yes are available, i have a western digital cavair black 1tb sata 3 drive.
Very good drive, fast. Use it for storage while my ssd runs o/s.
OCUK in sata 2 section. Hope this helps.

 

[Monkeynut]

No point in SATA3 on a mechanical HDD.