Intel SRT - Sata III SSD and Sata II HDD

[comipler]

currently have a WD Velociraptor 300gb 10k rpm Sata II drive for sys and apps.
in a 3yr old P5E Deluxe asus X48 board, Q9650 proc, etc.

want to upgrade my box to a Z68 board, 2600K proc, etc. and keep using the WD with an SSD Cache.

can I re-use the WD on a sata 3 Gbps bus and marry it via SRT with a cache SSD on a Sata 6Gbps bus ?

or would I need to plug the WD into a Sata 6Gbps bus, so they're both on the same speed (even though the HDD bus would be dumbed down to accommodate the Sata II WD).

anyone done this? or pass a link that spells it out? or is this no big deal - it works?

Thanks!

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Intel SRT requires that the SATA controller be set to RAID mode via the system BIOS. Here is a link to the instructions published by Intel:

http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dz68db/sb/intel_smart_response_technology_user_guide.pdf

Here is a link to Intel support for SRT:

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/chpsts/imsm

Here is a link explaining SRT and how to set it up:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Intel-Smart-Response-Technology-Explained/1292

 

[comipler]

Thx Johnny.
I'm going to assume its a non issue: having SRT with SSD on Sata III and HDD on Sata II.

That said, the SRT How To guides seem to show SSD and HDD as same bus speed: i.e., both HDD and SSD are Sata II drives.

 

[Xtasty]

Should work without any problem. Just turn on the XHD under integrate ...... in the bios and run the Intel RST tool from windows....

You planning to get the Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Board from gigabyte?

Have fun.

 

[leandrodafontoura]

Are you gong to purchase that SSD?

If so, not saying its a better choice, but consider also selling the Raptor and getting a 240GB SSD, wich is $360 nowadays.