Does my mother board support 1 TB / 2 TB sata WD harddisk?

[syed_alijan]

I have IBM Lenovo m58p 6209 Tower machine

System Details are:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz (6MB L2 cache)
Memory: 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1066 MHz
Motherboard: Q45 Intel.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there syed_alijan,

Yes, it seems that this MOBO has 5 SATA 2 ports.
Which WD drive are you planning to get? It will most probably be SATA 3 one, which will be backwards compatible with your SATA 2 ports.

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

 

[syed_alijan]

I going to buy Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB, please suggest.

 

[syed_alijan]

I going to buy Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB, please suggest.

Hi there syed_alijan,

Yes, it seems that this MOBO has 5 SATA 2 ports.
Which WD drive are you planning to get? It will most probably be SATA 3 one, which will be backwards compatible with your SATA 2 ports.

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

 

[D_Know_WD]

What are you going to use it for?

In case you already have a boot drive, and you need a secondary storage one, WD Green(power efficient characteristics) would be a good choice.
In case you want to use it as a boot drive, you could consider WD Blue or WD Black(performance oriented drive with 5 years of limited warranty).

More on their features:
WD Green: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=mupPZy
WD Black: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=xWmit3
WD Blue: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=xcbUKg

D_Know_WD

 

[syed_alijan]

Yeah, right now, i am using Seagate ST3160815 160Gb as a boot drive, that's why i am going to buy 2TB Green WD, but got confused that will it compatible for my motherboard.

P.s I usually don't use DVD, so i plugged off to my system.

What are you going to use it for?

In case you already have a boot drive, and you need a secondary storage one, WD Green(power efficient characteristics) would be a good choice.
In case you want to use it as a boot drive, you could consider WD Blue or WD Black(performance oriented drive with 5 years of limited warranty).

More on their features:
WD Green: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=mupPZy
WD Black: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=xWmit3
WD Blue: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=xcbUKg

D_Know_WD

 

[D_Know_WD]

I think that it should be compatible and you will have no issues installing the HDD as a secondary one.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD