SATA differences????
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Quickpaw
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The only difference is the speed.
The cables will run whatever speed your devices are capable of, the connectors on the drive and motherboard are physically the same.
All you need to worry about if you are planning on using SATA3 (6 gb/s), is plugging your SATA 3 hard drive or solid state drive into a SATA 3 port on your motherboard, as most boards will have both SATA 2 and SATA 3 connectors on them.
Your motherboard's manual will show you which ports are which so that you can plan accordingly.
The cables will run whatever speed your devices are capable of, the connectors on the drive and motherboard are physically the same.
All you need to worry about if you are planning on using SATA3 (6 gb/s), is plugging your SATA 3 hard drive or solid state drive into a SATA 3 port on your motherboard, as most boards will have both SATA 2 and SATA 3 connectors on them.
Your motherboard's manual will show you which ports are which so that you can plan accordingly.
Yep the only difference is speed. No difference between cables.
Only SATA 6GB/s devices will make use of 6GB/s connections though. For example, if you plug a SATA 3GB/s HDD or SSD into a 6GB/s port, it will still only run at 3GB/s as the device is limited. Same for if you plug at SATA 6GB/s HDD or SSD into a 3GB/s port, it will only run at 3GB/s, because the connection is limited.
Only SATA 6GB/s devices will make use of 6GB/s connections though. For example, if you plug a SATA 3GB/s HDD or SSD into a 6GB/s port, it will still only run at 3GB/s as the device is limited. Same for if you plug at SATA 6GB/s HDD or SSD into a 3GB/s port, it will only run at 3GB/s, because the connection is limited.
claptonman
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And there won't be a difference plugging a SATA 3 hard drive into a SATA 3 port, or into SATA 2. The only difference you'll see is when you get a SATA 3 solid state.
Yep that's true.
