“There has been a lot of talk about the new “Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification.” New motherboards are now on the market with “SATA 6Gb/s” controllers, but what does all this mean to the enthusiast? Heck, what does “SATA 3” mean? We take a quick look at what “SATA Revision 3.0″ is supposed to do for the world and what it will actually do for us on the desktop currently with RAID 0 and single disk configurations.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 3Gbps Performance Analysis @ Tweaktown
- Micron RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Corsair P64 SSD RAID 0 @ PureOverclock
- OCZ’s Vertex Limited Edition Review & SSD State of the Union @ AnandTech
- OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Kingston SSDNow V+ Series SNVP325-S2B 512GB Gen 2 Solid State Drive @ Tweaktown
- Corsair Padlock 2 8GB @ Neoseeker
- A-DATA 32 GB 633x Compact Flash @ techPowerUp
- Computer Geeks eSATA Enclosure HE-2521B Review @ OCIA
- Synology DS710+ 2-bay All-in-1 NAS Server @ OC3D
- Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 @ UMLan
- Synology Disk Station DS410j NAS @ Techspot
Which SATA 6G controller do you have?
[H]ard|OCP tests the two controllers that offer native SATA 6G support on motherboards, the Marvell 88SE912and the Marvell 88SE9123. They compare it to the Intel ICH10R which is of the previous 3Gb/s generation of controller and the results are enlightening. The ICH10R should be about half the speed of the Marvell transfer rates but the testing does not bear that hypothesis out. When they tried RAID0 the results become even more interesting, you definitely want to check this article out.
