SATA III on SATA VI

Xtreme356 · Oct 27, 2016

Hello, it's my first post on this website, and I come with the question I've been searching for long time (without effects).
CAN you actually use SATA 3 Drives on SATA 6 Motherboard ?

Cheers, Oliver.

Endless8 · Oct 27, 2016

Yes, without a problem, it's just speed difference.

Xtreme356 · Oct 27, 2016

Thank you so much

Hlsgsz · Oct 27, 2016

OP, that would be SATA2 3Gbps and SATA3 6Gbps, not sata 3 and 4. Those are speeds, not version numbers.
And yes, like said before they are backwards compatible. Furthermore, mechanichal HDDs are not limited by SATA2 as they are too slow.

FD2Raptor · Oct 27, 2016

I believe you mean SATA2 (i.e. SATA-300) on SATA3 (i.e. SATA-600), and by this, then yes. Later revision of SATA is backward compatible with prior version. The 300/600 refer to their theoretical maximum bandwidth.

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