Can u use a SATA2 drive in a sata 1 slot?

[starbuck]

Looking at a new HD and have K8V mobo which says it uses sata(doesn't specifically mention sata 2). If my mobo is only sata 1, will a sata 2 drive work?

[specofdust]

Yes but only at SATA 1 speeds and NCQ and things dont work either I dont think.

[Workaholic]

Yes but only at SATA 1 speeds and NCQ and things dont work either I dont think.

But SATA I drives have NCQ features as well.

[d3fiant]

u need a chipset that features NCQ to take advantage of it, Sata II drives will merely backward compatible to SataI so no probs, question is why would u want to, SATAI drive is prob cheaper

[LokusT]

I've seen a few SATA 2 drives that are cheaper than their SATA1 counterparts. I think I remember seeing a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300gb 16mb buffer on a site the other week and it was £10-15 cheaper than the SATA1 model. If the drive's only going to be used for storage or something I see little point in paying the extra when it'll work just as well anyway.

[STUPID_NOOB!]

The drive will work fine and ncq will work aswell if your mobo supports it

[Dark Horse]

SATA 2 is basically just a theoretical speed boost over SATA 1. The interface is the same and the drives are backwards compatible, it simply means that when faster drives come along that can provide more bandwidth than SATA 1 can give they will have to use SATA 2.

There is no physical difference in the drives and the features are generally similar too. At the moment SATA 1 has more than enough headroom for the speed drives are working at the moment. Basically just ignore the SATA 1 or 2 part and look at the features of the drive as the interface is fairly irrelevant.