I'm building my first computer. I have a Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 mo/bo. When I install my SSD, which will be my boot drive, is there a particular SATA connector I should plug the cable into on my mo/bo? Initially, I'm only going to install a single SSD and my optical drive which also needs to be connected to the mo/bo with a SATA cable in order to get my O/S and peripheral drivers on the boot drive. I don't see any numbers on the mo/bo SATA connectors. Thanks!
Which SATA connector to use.
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There are numbers. If not printed on the motherboard, there is a pic in the user manual.
It mostly doesn't matter, but just for consistency I put the OS drive in the lowest number port. Either 0 or 1.
You also have to verify that it is a native Intel port, rather than a Marvell port. Your user manual will tell you which if this is applicable.
It mostly doesn't matter, but just for consistency I put the OS drive in the lowest number port. Either 0 or 1.
You also have to verify that it is a native Intel port, rather than a Marvell port. Your user manual will tell you which if this is applicable.
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For reliability, I would suggest using SATA connectors 0-3 for your drives (they support IDE (optical drives) and AHCI (SSD/HDD) modes. SATA 4/5 are for RAID (only 2 drives), and will support AHCI only when you have M.2 PCIe SSD or SATA Express. Also, if you ever use the M.2 PCIe SSD slot, SATA 4/5 will become disabled....
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