asus p8 z68 deluxe - where to plug 6gbps hardisks and how to enable

thelivingflesh

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hello i got this board. asus p8 z68 deluxe gen 3. i got sat 6gbps wires with me.

i have a ssd which i want to run at 6gbps port.
i have 3 hdds which i want to run at 6gbps port

then i got a dvd writer for normal 3gbps port.

on the mobo, there are

2 x white slot
2 x darkblue slot
4 x light blue slot

how to check if they are enabled at 6 or 3.how to connect hardisks to which port. and enable them?

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For the SSD you are better to connect to one of the intel SATAIII 6Gb/s port (white), because the intel one is better than the marvel one.
For the DVD you need to connect to one of the intel SATAII 3Gb/s port if you need the DVD for boot drive to install the windows.
For the 3xHDD, you can use the rest intel SATA or the marvel SATA port, because no single hard drive can spin fast enough to saturate a SATAII 3Gb/s port.

The maximum data transfer rate of a SATA 2 port is 3Gb/s (300MB/s).
The maximum data transfer rate of a SATA 3 port is 6Gb/s (600MB/s).

As long as you plug in the HDD into SATA port, the port will active, if you want to check their benchmark, then you can run the software like AS SSD for SSD, or ATTO, or HD tune...

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i asked how to check if sata 6 has been enabled or not! its connected to the blue ones....are the marvel
s better than intel 6 ports. what would you recommend? when you boot up the system, staus is unconfirmed. sata6 option is not written in post.
 
For the SSD you are better to connect to one of the intel SATAIII 6Gb/s port (white), because the intel one is better than the marvel one.
For the DVD you need to connect to one of the intel SATAII 3Gb/s port if you need the DVD for boot drive to install the windows.
For the 3xHDD, you can use the rest intel SATA or the marvel SATA port, because no single hard drive can spin fast enough to saturate a SATAII 3Gb/s port.

The maximum data transfer rate of a SATA 2 port is 3Gb/s (300MB/s).
The maximum data transfer rate of a SATA 3 port is 6Gb/s (600MB/s).

As long as you plug in the HDD into SATA port, the port will active, if you want to check their benchmark, then you can run the software like AS SSD for SSD, or ATTO, or HD tune.

http://www.hdtune.com/
http://www.attotech.com/disk-benchmark/
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/6014-as-ssd-benchmark.html
 
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