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[Solved] Connect SATA drives to ICH10R or SATA2?

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angrydot   09-03-2009 at 06:04:43 AM

I have 3 SATA drives; a DVD, a 640 GB hard drive, and a 1TB hard drive. I am not doing RAID.

Does it matter which SATA controller I plug my drives into? I have a choice between the ICH10R South Bridge and the Gigabyte SATA2 controllers.

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The south bridge should provide marginally faster transfer rates as the sata controllers would have to pass through the south bridge anyway so you cut out a step and save a tiny bit of time, likely not at all noticeable.
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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   09-03-2009 at 06:59:42 AM
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The south bridge should provide marginally faster transfer rates as the sata controllers would have to pass through the south bridge anyway so you cut out a step and save a tiny bit of time, likely not at all noticeable.

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