Asus p6x58d esata

[haddock46]

I just purchased the Asus P6X58D
motherboard. I know of the expansion add on which has 2 USB and one Esata connections on that slot. In reading the manual, I guess you are to plug the esata into an existing sata connection on the motherboard.
Now my question. Anyone know if this is going to slow the esata connection down????

 

[JackNaylorPE]

e-SATAa is for "external SATA" which should be connected to the e-SATA connection on your case so you can connect external drives using an E-SATA cable. It should NOT be used for internal HD's.

 

[mariod505]

JackNaylorPE, I don't think you answered his question. I've heard that the eSATA is just a physically different connector from the SATA connector so that it's more robust when externally exposed. I haven't tried it myself but I would think it would work. haddock46, did you try it? How did it go?

 

[orangecat]

An esata drive on the p6x58d connects to the same sata ports as an internal sata drive. Internal and external are the same from the mobos point of view. I ran some benchmarks and saw no difference.