can i use a sata 3 hdd with this motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34 FX?
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Welcome to the TH community, TopWarx!
Despite the fact that your motherboard model incorporates only SATA II (3 Gb/s) ports, it wouldn't bottleneck the performance of a SATA III (6 Gb/s)-compatible mechanical hard drive. Currently, HDDs are unable to reach the maximum bandwidth of the SATA II port even, which is 300 MB/s. Whether you connect the HDD to a SATA II or a SATA III, it really makes no difference for an HDD. However, if you plan to upgrade to an SSD anytime soon, you should keep in mind that those SATA II ports would most definitely bottleneck its performance. Solid-state drives are a lot faster and tend to bunch up to ~ 550 MB/s.
Hope this was helpful. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
Despite the fact that your motherboard model incorporates only SATA II (3 Gb/s) ports, it wouldn't bottleneck the performance of a SATA III (6 Gb/s)-compatible mechanical hard drive. Currently, HDDs are unable to reach the maximum bandwidth of the SATA II port even, which is 300 MB/s. Whether you connect the HDD to a SATA II or a SATA III, it really makes no difference for an HDD. However, if you plan to upgrade to an SSD anytime soon, you should keep in mind that those SATA II ports would most definitely bottleneck its performance. Solid-state drives are a lot faster and tend to bunch up to ~ 550 MB/s.
Hope this was helpful. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome to the TH community, TopWarx!
Despite the fact that your motherboard model incorporates only SATA II (3 Gb/s) ports, it wouldn't bottleneck the performance of a SATA III (6 Gb/s)-compatible mechanical hard drive. Currently, HDDs are unable to reach the maximum bandwidth of the SATA II port even, which is 300 MB/s. Whether you connect the HDD to a SATA II or a SATA III, it really makes no difference for an HDD. However, if you plan to upgrade to an SSD anytime soon, you should keep in mind that those SATA II ports would most definitely bottleneck its performance. Solid-state drives are a lot faster and tend to bunch up to ~ 550 MB/s.
Hope this was helpful. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
Despite the fact that your motherboard model incorporates only SATA II (3 Gb/s) ports, it wouldn't bottleneck the performance of a SATA III (6 Gb/s)-compatible mechanical hard drive. Currently, HDDs are unable to reach the maximum bandwidth of the SATA II port even, which is 300 MB/s. Whether you connect the HDD to a SATA II or a SATA III, it really makes no difference for an HDD. However, if you plan to upgrade to an SSD anytime soon, you should keep in mind that those SATA II ports would most definitely bottleneck its performance. Solid-state drives are a lot faster and tend to bunch up to ~ 550 MB/s.
Hope this was helpful. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
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