Will this cable connect to a SATA II controller on my motherboard although its a SATA III? Or should I find a SATA II cable? If compatible I'm looking to use this cable to install and connect a Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 256 GB SATA...
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See: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii "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." SATA II drive speed is 3GB/s, so you won't get the full SATA III speed throughput by using this cable.
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I've connected 8 x HGST 4TB NAS drives without issue. The one issue I did have is connecting two of my Samsung 850 Pro SSD drives (a 128GB and a 256GB). Neither drive was recognized when connected through the back plane. The drive sleds support mounting 2.5" drives, but for some reason these SSDs would not be detected. I confirmed the SSDs worked fine when using the same SATA cable connected right to the ports.
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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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You could connect it to the SATA port on a mainboard with an adapter cable, but I don't know what kind of thru put you would get.SATA to eSATA Cable
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I used this on sata2 computer and I think the retail version comes with the sata cable and the y cable. If you get the non-retail version aka oem, you may have to get you own cable.
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It should be fine. SATA II drives are supposed to be backward compatible with first-generation SATA motherboards. There are a few exceptions to the automatic adjustment, but WD has a fix for that involving a jumper on the HDD:http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1337
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hi, just to clarify, this board has 2 sata III connections which should work with any drive that is compatible with the sata standard. ssd or hdd even a bluray drive. make sure you have the black sata power connectors from power supply too.
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This enclosure should be compatible with the Samsung SSD, but it will not support SATA III. However, it'll be backwards compatible with SATA II but you may not be able to take advantage of the full transfer speeds of the drive.
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My experience was with the 840 pro which is a sata 6, I don't ese why it wouldn't work with the 840 Evo sata 3 with the same connectors.
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Yes. The adapter is a pass through, adherent to the SATA standard, which describes connection type rather than speed. The speed is dependent on the motherboard SATA bus and the drive itself, but not the adapter. The adapter is just wires connecting the drive to the motherboard bus and power supply.
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It runs SATA II but if you connect SATA III (3TB) it will work but with the speed of SATA II.I use it in my file server running FlexRAID & windows 8.1 Pro and the system works good.This is is not as good as HighPoint controllers but it will do the job but if the performance is important to you, use a better expensive controller.
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yes its sata III compatible but it can only run at sata II speeds. I instaled a sata III ssd and my read speads are 260mbps but on sata III motherboard it can do about 550mbps, almost double. but I haven't seen a laptop that supports sata III yet, only desktops.
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This is backward compatible to sata 2 (3gbs). It's not listed as sata 1 (1.5gbs) compatible and even if it was your performance benefit would be drastically limited by sata 1. Your probably better off with a traditional hard drive.
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It should work with all SATA drives. Don't know if this particular drive fits in the case they give you. But the cable should work.
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SATA cables are backwards compatible and in most cases forward compatible as well. SATA 3 speed does require a finer pitch (or space between the wires inside of the actual SATA connector) connector to transmit at max speed. All cables made in the last 1 year + conform to those standards. Bottom line you wouldn't fry anything if you connect a SATA 1 cable to a SATA 3 drive. Performance of the cable/drive/motherboard can be verified be running a speed test.
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I contacted Syba this morning. This cable does *not* support UASP. I have *not* yet found a cable which does. The Apricorn ASW-USB3-25 USB3.0 to SATA adapter has a poorly optimized USB 3.0 controller, so I have read on Tom's Hardware, and I do not find it to be very fast.
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Your answer to both is yes because SATA is Serial ATA drive. Happy hunting.