Manual says swap bay speed up to 3gbps. Does it mean Sata3 (6gbps) SSD will only work at Sata2 speed?
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No. I found that same claim odd. The swappable drives connect to the saga ports on whatever motherboard you've attached them too. I can say that when connected to a SATA 6gbps port on your mainboard it runs at those speeds.
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SATA II specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I ports. SATA III specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I and SATA II ports. However, the maximum speed of the drive will be slower due to the lower speed limitations of the port. Example: SanDisk Extreme SSD, which supports SATA 6Gb/s interface and when connected to SATA 6Gb/s port, can reach up to 550/520MB/s sequential read and sequential write speed rates respectively. However, when the drive is connected to SATA 3 Gb/s port, it can reach up to 285/275MB/s sequential read and sequential write speed rates respectively. (http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii)
1271012
it will work but you wont see the full performance of the drives. you'll get between 300 and 375mb/s on sata 2.
1629100
if the package says they have a 1.5 ghz transfer rate, then you will NOT get the 6gps of SATA 3. These will still work, you just wont get 100% performance out of them.
404990
From my understanding of sata cables they are all the same. It is the transmission protocol that is different. That being said, this thing is totally passive. It just is a smaller configuration of the same connection. I would be looking at whether your ssd actually reaches 6gbps speeds. Most don't come close- that's a potential 750 Mb/sec. The bottle necks on these things have a lot more to do with the ssd's controller than the actual cable itself.
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No. Only SATA I and II. Complies with SATA I / II, speed up to 3G/sec, Complies with USB 3.0, speed up to 5G/sec(www.rosewill.com/products/1887/ProductDetail_Overview.htm)
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I'm looking for a cable right now and just finished doing research and there is no difference in speeds between different cables. "No performance difference between SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 6Gb/s cables." "SATA revision designator on cables is mostly just marketing and has no bearing on the actual performance the cable can provide." http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/SATA-3Gb-s-vs-6Gb-s-Cable-Performance-Revisited-183/
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SATA is backwards compatible so it should be fine. In fact, if you are replacing a plater drive it should be faster even with the 1.5 Gb/sec bottleneck.
386999
Speed wise they're close 600Mb/s for SATA 3, and 625MB/s for USB 3, but they're not really comparable. The SATA speeds are for conventional HDD, and the USB speed would be for SSDs.
958579
What type of drive do you have? Yo need dual raid SSD drives sata 3+ to get around those speeds.
968083
It's SATA, and I believe SATA III (6GB/sec). At very least SATA II (3GB/sec).One thing to note is that if you intend to replace the mechanical drive with a solid state (which you should - makes these things ten times faster), you'll need a 7mm height SSD. 9.5mm won't fit.Ben
1608079
It should work. Most Sata 3 will be backward compatible with sata2, which runs only 3G/s not 6G/s.
1461182
SATA version 3, as in 6Gbps. All four of the ports on this board are SATA version 3.
77506
yes its sata III compatible but it can only run at sata II speeds. I instaled a sata III ssd and my read speads are 260mbps but on sata III motherboard it can do about 550mbps, almost double. but I haven't seen a laptop that supports sata III yet, only desktops.
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I'm looking for a cable right now and just finished doing research and there is no difference in speeds between different cables."No performance difference between SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 6Gb/s cables.""SATA revision designator on cables is mostly just marketing and has no bearing on the actual performance the cable can provide."http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/SATA-3Gb-s-vs-6Gb-s-Cable-Performance-Revisited-183/
1995330
Most likely not. 3GBPS was the highest speed SATA tested at the time this product review was composed. The electrical interface is identical; the connectors in this cage are not junk. Only a big bunch of mediocre cables could slow you down here. If you do not have the RAID controller yet, also consider IOfusion's PCIe bus flash, removing the SATA bottleneck.
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Probably because it doesn't really matter. SATA 6 Gb/s is just marketing for a mechanical drive. No mechanical HDD can even saturate the SATA 3 Gb/s spec.