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Not really. The only time it matters is if you have a SATA III 6Gb SSD that requires a SATA III cable for full performance. There are SATA III HDD's too, but they aren't fast enough to really benefit from a SATA III cable or port (although I use both for my own SATA III HDD).

As far as ports go, I've always just used SATA II/III port 1 first then 2/3 etc. in order. I don't know if you NEED to or not, but I always have anyway.

most modern optical drives and HDD use SATA cables. Either the flat head or L-shape head SATA cable will work. The L shape is designed (supposedly) for easier plug in and cable management. If your SSD is SATA 6Gb/s then plug it into the SATA 6 port on your mobo otherwise any SATA 3 port will work if you don't have SATA 6 on your mobo.
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DJDeCiBeL said:

As far as ports go, I've always just used SATA II/III port 1 first then 2/3 etc. in order. I don't know if you NEED to or not, but I always have anyway.


to expand that comment;

with gigabyte, MSI, and asus I have never came across that issue using HDD. I did with an asrock board but I was using a SSD for my OS and it had to go into Port 1 or 2. I had to play around in BIOS for an extra minute compared to the HDD for the mobo to notice the SSD.
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