stupid question

gbaromman · 20 Feb 2011 at 19:30

is the Asus P8P67 PRO compatible with sata 2 or SATA 6GB/s kinda confused with these new sata drives only really used to the old long ones that went in the motherboard

anuraj · 20 Feb 2011 at 19:32

Both it has both ports

gbaromman · 20 Feb 2011 at 20:05

ahh thanks im still getting used to these new drives only got 1 of my drivess which work or will work after i get my board back from oc and will by a tb hdd ive noticed that some of them on here have different icons and not sure what they are if someone can explain

justintime2001 · 20 Feb 2011 at 23:15

Can you be more specific about the icon's you mentioned?

gbaromman · 21 Feb 2011 at 12:37

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-324-WD

this one has a leaf icon and
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-335-WD
this one has a globe icon

anuraj · 21 Feb 2011 at 12:39

The separate features.

justintime2001 · 21 Feb 2011 at 12:58

I think the green leaf indicates that its green ie: require lower power consumption.

Not sure about the globe, perhaps they are claiming it will save the planet

anuraj · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:31

blue globe means this:

WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with a multitude of available features to deliver rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation.

tuomoy · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:38

cool marketing speak :-)

gbaromman · 21 Feb 2011 at 14:24

ahh ok thanks for the help confused the hell out of me i figured the leaf was energy efficiant or something

DragonQ · 21 Feb 2011 at 14:51

Western Digital have three main types of HDD: green (energy efficient, perfect storage drives), blue (good low-cost all-rounders) and black (high performance, higher power usage, perfect boot drives if you can't afford an SSD). If you're only getting one HDD for your PC, you'll want a blue or black depending on budget and performance requirements.

SATA 1.5 Gbps, 3 Gbps and 6 Gbps are all forwards and backwards compatible so you don't have to worry about getting the right type. HDDs are only barely pushing the 1.5 Gbps limit so whether you get a 3 Gbps or 6 Gbps HDD really doesn't make any difference. The SATA controller it'll be connected to is more important (Intel and AMD ports generally being faster than VIA or Marvell ones).

gbaromman · 21 Feb 2011 at 14:56

ahh exxelent dragoon thanks for responce