what's the Official Max Rated Transfer Speed 3 gbs or 6 gbs on this SATA cable?
802027
I don't know I am afraid. But it works brilliantly. My iMac starts quickly with that cable and SSD in which I installed the OS X.
802028
I have been using this cable for over a year in my iMac for a 2nd SSD. Connection speed is 6 Gb/s. Any SATA cable should support a 6 Gb/s transfer speed.
1201420
Yes, but the unit is advertised at 5gb/sec. You won't even see that in the real world. I am very satisfied with mine. I use it mostly for backups and it is plenty quick with my Seagate 1tb 6gb/s drive. You should use it with a USB 3.O port for best performance. Also, If you look at the device properties you should set it set for 'Quick Removal' not 'Better performance' so you can 'hot plug/unplug' it w/o worry of data corruption. I have run CrystalDiskMark benchmark tool and the best I get is approx. 90mb/sec on sequential reads/writes. You may get better results. USB will always have some amount of 'system overhead' so you will generally get much better performance w/a dedicated(on board) SATA III controller as on your motherboard. BTW, I also watch HD movies on my unit with no issues. Hope this helps.
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SATA II specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I ports. SATA III specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I and SATA II ports. However, the maximum speed of the drive will be slower due to the lower speed limitations of the port. Example: SanDisk Extreme SSD, which supports SATA 6Gb/s interface and when connected to SATA 6Gb/s port, can reach up to 550/520MB/s sequential read and sequential write speed rates respectively. However, when the drive is connected to SATA 3 Gb/s port, it can reach up to 285/275MB/s sequential read and sequential write speed rates respectively. (http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii)
1024201
The adaptor is compatible with PCIE 1.0 and 2.0 specifications (2.5 and 5GHz signaling, 250 and 500MB/s data rate), however the maximum data rate in the PCIE 1.0 connection will be limited at 250MB/s for a SATA III device. Note that the (supported) SATA signaling is 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0GHz (150, 300 and 600MB/s), different from PCIE data rates. Obviously the lower of the two, in any combination, will apply.
1271012
it will work but you wont see the full performance of the drives. you'll get between 300 and 375mb/s on sata 2.
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I've found that usb3 to usb3 transfers are around 100MB/s up to 170MB/s on 3Gb/s Sata Drives you won't see faster than that till you get faster devices. USB3 to internal sata 3Gb/s drives are about 50MB/s to 90MB/s, Depending on processorand drive speeds. USB3 to e-sata Is around 70 -90MB/s The Drivers that came with mine did work. and it did power my usb 2.5" drives. but not more than 1 at a time. with out using the included power cord.
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I think this indicates the type of SATA interface speed. There's SATA I (1.5GB/s), SATA II (3.0GB/s), and SATA III (6.0GB/s). The higher the SATA interface, the greater the potential bandwidth throughput it can support.
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The drive is capable of 6. Works fine at 3. May see increase in speed over 3 only drive due to buffering
1113162
I've had no problem using these (or any SATA 6Gb/s) drives with SATA 3Gb/s.
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It is tricky wording. You will be compatible with Sata III drives but will be limited by the usb3 speed. Sata III is 6Gb/s usb3 is 5Gb/s.
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it's just a spec:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#SATA_revision_3.0_-_6_Gbit.2Fs_-_600_MB.2Fsread on...
387002
Recently bought this and yes, its a sata III USB 3.0, backwards compatible with sata I and II and transfer rate for 3.0 is about 5gb as for 2.0 it will do 480mb
757483
The short answer is, yes. Though the drive is rated to work on SATA 6GB/sec it is backwards compatible and should work.
1601569
You are correct (and previous answer is not). The drive interface is 6Gb/sec (that's gigabits per second), as it says on the label. This is the standard speed of Sata3. This translates to roughly 600MB/sec - plenty enough to carry the quoted 550 MB/ sec the drive is capable of.
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Most likely not. 3GBPS was the highest speed SATA tested at the time this product review was composed. The electrical interface is identical; the connectors in this cage are not junk. Only a big bunch of mediocre cables could slow you down here.If you do not have the RAID controller yet, also consider IOfusion's PCIe bus flash, removing the SATA bottleneck.
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SATA 2 has a maximum real-world transfer rate of 300 MB/s while SATA 3 raises this maximum limit to 600 MB/s. However, even the current fastest and most expensive 15,000 RPM drives are only able to achieve transfer speeds of about 200 MB/s. So whether the drive is SATA 2 or SATA 3, you won't see a difference in hard disk speeds, even the new SSD (Solid State Drive) drives usually can only go up to 280 MB/sKeep in mind that the SATA is the interface but the hard disk itself has it's own speed limitations, so in this case having a SATA III interface won't give you any benefit.
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Any SATA 6GB/S is compatible with it, this Motherboard contains 6 6gb/s connectors.