Can I install SAS 120mb as a slave with SATA 32mb as primary?

joeboarder14 · Mar 4, 2014

Hello,

My name is Joe. I am doing some upgrades to my computer, and I was hoping somebody could answer this question for me. Can you use an Seagate SAS 6gb/s 128mb cache as a slave and WD SATA 3.0Gb/s 32mb cache as my primary?

I have a lot of stuff my WD HD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319)

I was able to upgrade my GPU, CPU, Motherboard and RAM successfully, but I have no idea what I am doing with my new Seagate HD(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178290)

If I can use this, please explain what I need to do. If not, let me know.

I have a Gigabyte B85-HD3
Coursair Vengeance 8GB RAM
Intel i5
and GeForce GTX 760

Thank you for any help!

-Joe

USAFRet · Mar 4, 2014

Can you use an Seagate SAS 6gb/s 128mb cache as a slave and WD SATA 3.0Gb/s 32mb cache as my primary?

Entirely unsure what you mean by these drives.

I'm assuming regular HDD drives, just with different cache sizes?
Sure, you can run one as a secondary drive. With SATA, there is no 'master/slave' relationship. They are just two different drive letters.

joeboarder14 · Mar 4, 2014

USAFRet,

First off, thanks for your service. I recently separated after six years in the Air Force as well.

Secondly, again, I am not too familiar with the different types of Hard Drives. Yes, they have different cache sizes(32mb and 128mb), different SATA and SAS(whatever that means lol), and they are obviously different companies. I put the links to the drives in the original post if I am being too vague.

If this is all okay, do you mind explaining what exactly I need to do? Do I connect directly to the motherboard? Or do I run a cable between the drives? Do I set it up in bios?

Thanks for your immediate response,

-Joe

USAFRet · Mar 4, 2014

ooo...I missed that the new one was SAS, not SATA.
Serial Attached SCSI.

Unless you have a REAL need for that (and you probably don't), and you've not used it yet....I'd return that and just get a regular SATA drive. 1/2 the price.

SAS is a different interface that you probably don't have on your motherboard. There are adapters, but cheaper and easier just to get a regular SATA drive.

And thank you.

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