Storage Solutions Bit-Tech: Are On-Board SATA 6Gbps Ports Fast Enough?

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Are On-Board SATA 6Gbps Ports Fast Enough? | bit-tech.net

Bit-Tech UK said:
If you’re perfectly happy with your motherboard but want to add a couple of SATA 6Gbps ports to your system, there’s a relatively cheap and brutally fast way to do so in the form of Highpoint’s Rocket 620 add-in card. This unassuming little card is home to the same Marvell 9128 controller that many Intel boards use.

However, as the card plugs into a PCI Express slot, it bypasses any Southbridge-related bottlenecks and can write and load data at breakneck speeds. In the 1MB and 4MB read tests, the Rocket 620 was 20MB/sec faster than any other SATA 6Gbps controller we tested.
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Found that article pretty interesting since most manufacturers today boast of having a pair of SATA 6Gbps ports onboard. This article proves the reality, however small the difference maybe. Besides, that extra performance comes at a good price as well.

TBH I was wondering if you were using a PCI-Ex based controller since most of your drives were Sgt XT. :P
 
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Found that article pretty interesting since most manufacturers today boast of having a pair of SATA 6Gbps ports onboard. This article proves the reality, however small the difference maybe. Besides, that extra performance comes at a good price as well.

TBH I was wondering if you were using a PCI-Ex based controller since most of your drives were Sgt XT. :P
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don't use xt on sata3 as the drive can't even use SATA2 fully

only the Mushkin can use SATA2 fully
 
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