can a SATA III HDD be connected to SATA II mobo?

aggelos123

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so can a sata 3 hdd (6gb/s) be connected to a sata 2 (3gb/s) motherboard?or i will need to buy something?
HDD:WESTERN DIGITAL 500GB CAVIAR BLUE
MOBO:ASROCK H61M-VG4