K Killermasa69 Honorable Jun 7, 2015 46 0 10,530 Jun 28, 2015 #1 I am building a new pc and was wondering if I can use my old PCs HDD and optical drive. They are using sata 1 and my new motherboard will have sata 3 slots. I will buy a new HDD too.
I am building a new pc and was wondering if I can use my old PCs HDD and optical drive. They are using sata 1 and my new motherboard will have sata 3 slots. I will buy a new HDD too.
USAFRet Titan Moderator Mar 16, 2013 171,456 17,914 184,590 Jun 28, 2015 Solution #2 Yes it will. They are backwards compatible. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
K Killermasa69 Honorable Jun 7, 2015 46 0 10,530 Jun 28, 2015 #3 Nice. So lets say if the the hdd used sata 3 and I had sata 1 sockets it eouldnt work? Upvote 0 Downvote
USAFRet Titan Moderator Mar 16, 2013 171,456 17,914 184,590 Jun 28, 2015 #4 Killermasa69 : Nice. So lets say if the the hdd used sata 3 and I had sata 1 sockets it eouldnt work? That would also work. Upvote 0 Downvote
Killermasa69 : Nice. So lets say if the the hdd used sata 3 and I had sata 1 sockets it eouldnt work? That would also work.
K Killermasa69 Honorable Jun 7, 2015 46 0 10,530 Jun 28, 2015 #5 Ok ty very much for your time Upvote 0 Downvote
C Camikazi Distinguished Jul 20, 2008 1,405 2 19,315 Jun 28, 2015 #6 Killermasa69 : Nice. So lets say if the the hdd used sata 3 and I had sata 1 sockets it eouldnt work? I would like to add to USAFRet's answer that it will work just fine but it will only run at SATA I speeds (150 MB/s). Upvote 0 Downvote
Killermasa69 : Nice. So lets say if the the hdd used sata 3 and I had sata 1 sockets it eouldnt work? I would like to add to USAFRet's answer that it will work just fine but it will only run at SATA I speeds (150 MB/s).