Will my HDD benefit from SATA 6?

[Satchembe]

I am currently planning my first build and I lack info about the differences and benefits of SATA 3 vs SATA 6. I plan on getting a 180GB - 240GB SSD for my OS, games, and programs. The SSD should obviously utilize SATA 6, but I also want to get two 1TB or larger HDD's in a RAID 1 configuration for music storage and school stuff. Is it necessary for the HDD's to be on SATA 6 (am I going to benefit from the SATA 6 as opposed to SATA 3?), because I am looking at maybe a $50 cut from the motherboard cost if I only need 2 x SATA 6 instead of 3 or 4 x SATA 6.

Also if I get the mobo with 4 x SATA 6....would it be smart / extra cool to put in another SSD in RAID 0 for a performance boost for my OS and programs / games and then also have the 2 HDD's in RAID 1 (for redundancy security), is that possible and what differences should I expect?

Thanks in advance!

 

[wasupmike]

Is it necessary for the HDD's to be on SATA 6 (am I going to benefit from the SATA 6 as opposed to SATA 3?)

-> nope... not for mechanical hard drives, especially in mirror RAID... it'll never saturate the SATA 3 lines

Also if I get the mobo with 4 x SATA 6....would it be smart / extra cool to put in another SSD in RAID 0 for a performance boost for my OS and programs / games and then also have the 2 HDD's in RAID 1 (for redundancy security), is that possible and what differences should I expect?

it would be extra cool, but you still wouldn't need 4 x SATA 6 ports - 2 x SATA 6 ports for the SSD RAID 0... and all the rest (SATA 3's for the HDD RAID 1, or whatnot....

the RAID 1 is not a bad idea... although economically you lose half the HD space with a RAID 1. it would be simpler to get 1 HDD + an external backup HD (make sure to get USB3.0)

the RAID 0 is cool too... but SSD's are so fast now... i mean, you're looking at making your PC faster by benchmark only... Any good and large SATA 6 SSD will boot your system and open programs so fast - you would never notice in real world difference if it were in a RAID 0, or not...

 

[Satchembe]

That was exactly what I wanted and needed to hear! Thank you very much, that was to the point and very good news! Much appreciated!

 

[Satchembe]

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