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Inspiron 9400 - HDD upgrade. SATA vs SATA II - are both compatible?
Hi
I have an Inspiron 9400.
I am upgrading the HDD & not sure if both SATA (i presume I have this) & SATA II are compatable?
Please confirm?
Thanks
larrens
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February 15th, 2008 11:00
also does the buffer make that much difference in terms of performace?
most are 8mb, but the Hitachi has 16mb?
thanks
ejn63
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February 15th, 2008 12:00
larrens
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February 15th, 2008 12:00
Thanks - lastly will i notice a performace difference using the SATA II or not as they seem to be quite a bit more expensive generally?
larrens
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February 15th, 2008 12:00
thanks - but it is better to go for a 7200 instead of a 5200 - there i will notice a diff I assume?
ejn63
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February 15th, 2008 12:00
You won't see more than 60-65 MBps from any notebook drive - doesn't matter what interface it has.
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February 16th, 2008 01:00
7200's perform better, but run hotter.