Hard Drive connection

[mikeC123]

Hi, I am wondering if its ok to connect a 3.0 gb/s hard drive with a 6.0gb/s connection cable?

Thanks

Mike

 

[dEAne]

Yes, the third generation SATA II cable 6.0Gb/s is compatible with the second generation SATA 3.0Gb/s. It just you cannot enjoy the 600MB/s data rate (approximate) because it depends on your motherboard and your hard disk.

 

[ulysses35]

not that any current HDD will ever exceed the maximum transfer rate that SATA 3.0 gb's provides. Even SSD's struggle to make use of the extra speed - this will change pretty soon though

 

[icy dock]

Just as a correction to Deanes' post, its SATA III. The SATA III cable connection hasn't changed physically with the SATA II cables, which is why it is backwards compatible with it.

 

[mikeC123]

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