stupid question. SATA1 or SATA2

[jamin100]

Looking to upgrade my early 2008 macbook's hard drive.
Do I need SATA1 or SATA2.

I've seen a Western Digital Scorpio HD 7200RPM 250GB SATA1 is this ok?

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Ben

 

[Philflow]

It doesn't matter. Both SATA1 and SATA2 will work fine.

The WD is a good choice, you could also look at Seagate 7200.3 which is usually cheaper.

 

[DannyBres]

I really want this 😡

 

[brop52]

You want Sata II. Though it is true both will work. Here is a good list of examples on Newegg of 320/250 7200RPM laptop drives that are Sata 3Gb. Newegg doesn't even sell any 7200 RPM Sata 1 drives for notebooks anymore.

 

[mac jones]

It is not a stupid question considering SATA2 is twice as fast as SATA1 and there are drives that need SATA2 to operate within specs

Like the Intel X-25. SSD

All mechanical drives will not need SATA2.

I think. 🙂