Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Casterina · 24 Feb 2013 at 18:26

I've purchased the Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s HDD, it states SATA 6Gb/s, so should I plug it in SATA 2 or SATA 3 port on my motherboard?

Mirmo · 24 Feb 2013 at 18:35

Sata 3 is 6gb/s so ideally sata3. Backward compatible though if you run out of sata 3 (using SSD's etc).

rpstewart · 24 Feb 2013 at 18:37

It doesn't matter which port you use, the drive is barely capable of saturating SATA1 let alone anything faster.

Mirmo · 24 Feb 2013 at 18:46

The 32mb cache is capable though. Correct me if I'm misunderstanding but sata3 would be faster with small reads?

mjones1 · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:19

Mirmo said:
The 32mb cache is capable though. Correct me if I'm misunderstanding but sata3 would be faster with small reads?

No, the drive isn't quick enough to require sata3.

Mirmo · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:24

Ok, good to know.

Casterina · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:33

So there won't be any difference if I plug the HDD into SATA 3 so it's best to use SATA 2?

wazza300 · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:36

Casterina said:
So there won't be any difference if I plug the HDD into SATA 3 so it's best to use SATA 2?

try it and see,theres no harm,run atto benchmark with it in the sata3 and sata2 ports and compare and choose the fastest slot

rpstewart · 24 Feb 2013 at 19:36

Use either, you can move it later from one to another without any problems if you need to.