inspiron 14r n4110

[einhander]

is it sata III? never did find it in the specs. it does have usb 3.0 though.

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[Tsunade_Hime]

I doubt it is SATA 3. Besides most normal hard drives don't even saturate SATA 1 speeds, even with a SATA 3 drive unless you are copying data 24/7 normal usage won't saturate SATA 2.

I didn't see USB 3.0 as an option, Dell may add it in later.

[tillow214]

I am almost certain that they do. It says in the specs that it has a HM67 Intel chipset, which, according to this page, has support for SATA 6gb/s. It is possible, however, that Dell decided not to include this feature, like Apple did with USB 3, but that would be incredibly stupid and pointless (but then, it is Dell so I wouldn't be too surprised).

[einhander]

i was looking at the vertex 3 ssd thats why i asked.

[Tsunade_Hime]

Yes the chipset supports SATA 3 but not every manufacturer has to support it.

Even with SATA 3 SSD, unless you are copying data 24/7, SATA 2 speeds are more than sufficient.

[tillow214]

That is true, though I see no reason why they wouldn't incorporate it if it's already supported. Though, ultimately, like you said, even the absurdly fast Vertex 3 (which I am also looking into buying) would have difficulty saturating an SATA II cable, so it's not a huge deal unless you're doing some serious work.

[einhander]

the new vertex 3 has at least 500MB/s read and write so it is already saturated.

[Mr.Singh]

Hard Drive Type Internal Fixed SATA HDD 2.5"

[einhander]

still doesn't state whether which generation sata it is.

[Mr.Singh]

The Inspiron™ N4110 / 14R system uses Serial-ATA II(SATA II) hard drives