SATA-150 or SATA-300?

dadof2 · 01-06-2009, 01:24 PM

I have a Dell Dimension 5150. It has a defective Serial-ATA Hard Drive and I am going to replace it, but I am not sure which SATA drive to purchase. Can anyone tell me whether it matters or not if the drive is a "SATA-150" or "SATA-300"? I am unsure which of these applies to the existing Hard Drive.
Thanks in advance for your assistance,
Dadof2

Tumbleweed36 · 01-06-2009, 02:35 PM

It does not make any difference, because if your motherboard only supports the 1.5Mb/sec transfer rate, most have a jumper you can just move to make a 3.0Mb/sec transfer rate hard drive work just fine with your board. Some don't have a jumper, but will work fine. You might as well pick up the newer one and get the 3.0Mb/sec transfer rate drive.

01-06-2009, 01:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
dadof2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SC Posts: 31 OS: XP Pro / Me	SATA-150 or SATA-300? I have a Dell Dimension 5150. It has a defective Serial-ATA Hard Drive and I am going to replace it, but I am not sure which SATA drive to purchase. Can anyone tell me whether it matters or not if the drive is a "SATA-150" or "SATA-300"? I am unsure which of these applies to the existing Hard Drive. Thanks in advance for your assistance, Dadof2

01-06-2009, 02:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,652 OS: XP Professional	Re: SATA-150 or SATA-300? It does not make any difference, because if your motherboard only supports the 1.5Mb/sec transfer rate, most have a jumper you can just move to make a 3.0Mb/sec transfer rate hard drive work just fine with your board. Some don't have a jumper, but will work fine. You might as well pick up the newer one and get the 3.0Mb/sec transfer rate drive. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.