I am building my first PC and need some help. The memory I was going to buy has an interface of SATA6GB/S, however, the mobo I was looking at only has SATA3GB/S. Is this an issue? Here is a link to the products: Storage: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd5000lpvx Mobo: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga78lmtusb3
Will storage with interface of SATA 6GB/S work on a mobo with SATA 3GB/S?
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gamesturbator
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Yes, it just won't get the full speed available. But it will do you if you need to save money for now. However that is a badly outdated motherboard. How much are wanting to spend? You can pick up an 970 Gigabyte board for under $100.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128627
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128602
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128627
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128602
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519R
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It won't be a problem, other then a waist of money on the motherboard. You will not get full performance out of the drives.
It will just run at 3 gb/s. Why not upgrade to a motherboard that will provide 6gb/s it's probably not that much more expensive. Or buy a HDD that will only do 3gb/s and save a couple of bucks. Don't get married to the options on part picker dude. Most sata stuff is pretty interchangeable.
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Yes it will work. It will be "limited" to Sata II speeds, but since the storage device you are referring to is a mechanical hdd, it is unable to saturate even that. So while it is reduced to sata II speeds, its makes no difference to the actual performance as it is unable to even reach that limit.
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If you can get a full refund go for it. My current case is this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139018 however it uses USB 3.0 Headers for the front, so make sure you look for that something like "Onboard USB 2 x USB 3.0 + 6 x USB 2.0" which has both options if you get a new motherboard.
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