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2007-11-21, 00:56	#1 (permalink)
Geon106 Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, England Age: 19 Posts: 164 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Difference between SATA and SATA II? I'm getting a 500GB hard drive for my HTPC, and have seen this one: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...&category_oid= However, its SATAII, my mobo has SATA, but i'm not sure what the diff is between SATA and SATAII? can the latter be used on any mobo with SATA? __________________ My Gaming Computer: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ nVidia Geforce 8600GTS XXX Edition 730M 2GB 675Mhz DDR2 500GB SATA Samsung HDD C-Audio 5.1 Sound Card Lite-On DVD-+RW Windows Vista Home Premium, OEM View my HTPC/MCPC > http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/sh...ad.php?t=11043 "What we strive to learn about technology today, is common sense tomorrow"