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SkinnyPupp · 10-28-2011, 08:53 PM

If there is ONE spec to look at that is important, it's the "4K Random Read". Most put this as IOPS, which is MB/s * 1024. Most use single threaded as well, but 4 threaded is more important, so you'll have to look at reviews instead.

A good SATA3 drive should be able to do 15K IOPS read with 4 threads, or 14 MB/s

A good SATA6 drive will be in the 70K - 100K range, sometimes more.

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SkinnyPupp Hacked RS to become a mod Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong Posts: 55,107 Thanked 25,916 Times in 9,108 Posts Failed 1,574 Times in 720 Posts Member's Picture Albums	If there is ONE spec to look at that is important, it's the "4K Random Read". Most put this as IOPS, which is MB/s * 1024. Most use single threaded as well, but 4 threaded is more important, so you'll have to look at reviews instead. A good SATA3 drive should be able to do 15K IOPS read with 4 threads, or 14 MB/s A good SATA6 drive will be in the 70K - 100K range, sometimes more.