vbrad511 Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm looking for a drive for a buddy's computer. I'm seeing something I don't understand. 6.0 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s. Is there a difference in which drive will or won't work in certain applications. I'm looking at one of the 6's for his Inspiron desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper1355 Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 That's referring to the speed of the connection between the drive and the motherboard. 6gb/s is the newer of the two, and unless your friends mother board is fairly new, it probably won't support 6 gb/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) The 6gb/s drives will work on a 3gb/s controller. It will not take full advantage of the interface if it's mechanical. If it's 5400 rpm, it makes no difference. If it's 7200rpm, its minimal. If it is an SSD, it's a huge difference. Edited May 14, 2013 by button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbrad511 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 This drive for an Inspiron 570... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136770 and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuze Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Any SATA hard drive will work, the above replies are correct. If your motherboard supports the faster data speeds, it will perform better but he probably already had a 3.0 Gb/s drive in it. One thing I advise is NOT to buy a Western Digital brand drive, they are crap. Go with Seagate or Maxtor if you can, they last longer. Just learned from experience over the years in my IT jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 depends on what lap top he's got ,, if it's one of the newer dual core ,a 7200 HD will work fine if not then he'll never notice any diff in a 5400 and a 7200was looking for a hard drive for my daughter's lap top , picked up hear a 320 gig WD blk for $60 that scores a 6.5 on win performance a few weeks ago and found almost NO ide drives , every thing is SATA , also I have to disagree with the WD drives being junk , I've use'd 20 or so WD drives in the last 25 years and all are still working only non working drives I have are several sea gate drvs , we find bad drvs from all makes all hard drvs are not equal,, take WD drives they offer green, blue and black drives,, the BLK drvs are the fastest but cost moreif it's on sale it's more then likely a slower drv also with the price drop in solid state hard drives he may want to go that route,, he can always take it with him if he upgrades to a better lap top,, and the diff is amazeing,, very fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuze Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 True, different models do perform better. I did refurb, warranty facilitation for a few OEM's at one point in my career and WD's had a high failure rate out of the box, not saying one can't last a long time, it depends on what it's in and how it's used. (sitting in a server or toted around in a laptop taking bumps). Maxtor is my first brand choice based on what I've seen, but to each, his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 mine are normaly on 16-20 hours a day 365 , like every thing else bad batches do happen , problem is specs keep changing so fast these days you rarely buy the same one more then twice , i was shocked to find you can't buy IDE hard drvs any more if I counted them right now I probly have 12 hard drvs 8 in pc's and a few SATA & IDE laying here and there , even a few 2o & 30 gig old ones , lol I have 4 lap tops , one a 386 6 inch screen , booted up last time I tried it , talk about being expensive when new ,an older 400 MHz and a 600mhz and a dual core 2.1 my first 486 , a 286 desttop still boots up if you have enough time to wait ha ha couple P3's , g-daughter has 2 of mine, 5 dest tops in the house 3 networked the shelves in my room look like a computer store lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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