new hdd have some questions

[Gateway_gtxxxxx]

i purchased this hdd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144701
and was wondering what does the 3.0gbs stand for and the serial ata II is that compatible with my motherboard http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/D945GCZ/index.htm

 

[A True Folder]

3.0GB/s is the data transfer speed, if your board has SATA ports it will run as SATAII is backward compatible, though it will run at SATA speeds i.e. 150GB/s

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Yup. What he said.

That drive is fully compatible with your motherboard.

 

[Gateway_gtxxxxx]

yay thanks lol...and one more thing when running two hdd's do i have to set it up as master and slave or sata doesn't use that?

 

[T-Man]

SATA only allows for one device on its cable, so there is no need for anything like master-slave or its jumpers. So, you just plug the SATA cable the device (along with power), and you're done. If you have two SATA HDs, then you'll have two cables.

 

[A True Folder]

mmmmmmmm, need to think on that one, I always thought the port on the m/board determined the master slave config

EDIT:

I knew I'd seen it for this board but it is refering to standard ide mode lol

Where are you in Aussie T-MAN? Qld here.

 

[T-Man]

QLD mate

 

[A True Folder]

4680 here

 

[T-Man]

4810 up a bit from you

 

[A True Folder]

not far, only about a 10 hour drive, cut lunch and a water bottle would do it.