Every StarTech enclosure that I've found that's compatible with SATA3 still can only achieve SATA2 transfer speeds. Does this really transfer 6 Gbps?
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SATA 1.5 Gbit/s and SATA 6 Gbit/s are compatible with each other. Most devices which are only SATA 1.5 Gbit/s can connect with devices that are SATA 6 Gbit/s, and vice-versa, though SATA 1.5 Gbit/s devices only connect with SATA 6 Gbit/s devices at the slower 1.5 Gbit/s speed. SATA 3 Gbit/s and SATA 6 Gbit/s are compatible with each other. Most devices which are only SATA 3 Gbit/s can connect with devices that are SATA 6 Gbit/s, and vice-versa, though SATA 3 Gbit/s devices only connect with SATA 6 Gbit/s devices at the slower 3 Gbit/s speed. That being said, this cable allows you to connect your SSD drive to a USB 3 port on your computer and transfer data at a higher rate. However, if your computer has only USB 2 ports, then the max transfer rate will be at the lower USB 2 level capability.
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Hello, 2.5 "SATA2 5400RPM drive with tried. USB2.0 30-35 MB / s transfer speed provided by. USB3.0 at 60-65 mb / s provided. Such good enough for an apparatus.
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards. Hope this helps
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All sata cables should work for any protocol. http://youtu.be/CAevDkRvyok also http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/your_sata_cable_slowing_down_your_data_transfers_max_pc_investigates
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I don't know the speeds offhand but it's plenty fast! I've successfully used it in a M.2 to 2.5 SATA adapter/enclosure.
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SATA 3.0 and 3.1 support up to 6Gbit/s. The older SATA 2.0 only supports up to 3Gbit/s. SATA 3 is backwards compatible to SATA 2 but you will be limited to the SATA 2 speed.
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Not that I'm aware of, but for $3.00 even if it only SATA 2 it does 3bg/s in a SATA 3 system, with two cables for $1.50 ea is a super deal. I am having no problems with mine on a Amd 630 x4 system, 64 bit win 7, 2.8ghz/ea processor, using SATA 2.
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Any SATA 6GB/S is compatible with it, this Motherboard contains 6 6gb/s connectors.
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Everything I have seen suggests 6bps, which is SATA 3. Crucial's website itself says 6bps as well, so I'm pretty sure it's SATA 3. I can say I've loved it since I got it 2 months ago.
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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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it will work but you wont see the full performance of the drives. you'll get between 300 and 375mb/s on sata 2.
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There are two USB connectors on the cable. One is blue and the other black. So there is a difference in connection when you plug it in. As for actual speed - you are connecting a SATA interface to a USB interface and some speed will be lost in the translation process. You also have to take into account the speed of the drive and the buffer/cache on the drive you elect to attach. All of this will impact the connection throughput .
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It is tricky wording. You will be compatible with Sata III drives but will be limited by the usb3 speed. Sata III is 6Gb/s usb3 is 5Gb/s.
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It is compatible with SATA III. However you will never reach those speeds with conventional hard drives.
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Yes, the box allows faster interfaces, but a slower SATA I (1.5 Gbps) interface will work.
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If you are going to get a 2.5 drive, go with the 6.0mbps transfer rate!! or you will not get the full functionallity that comes with having the solid state portion of the drive. It requires you to be able to set the drive up as ACHI in the BIOS, or else it will just function like any other 3.0mbps hard drive. I have 3 Seagate 500 Hybrids in a raid with each drive partitioned in half. giving me a theoretical 6 drives at 250 gb per drive. I like having my games on their own partitions, for faster read times, and my startups are under 2 mins.
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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.
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SATA 3 should be backward compatible. I use this to clone SATA drives. Contact StarTech.com to be sure.