Ok. Looking to run an SSD 60GB drive at 3GB/s (SATA II) speeds on an older destkop having only PCI ports, and SATA I controller. My question is, does this card really specifically say that it will do SATA II speeds? It is cool if so, I mean, it is PCI...
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Well..the card is capable but I think your real-world speeds are going to be limited by your motherboard/processor architecture. Bought this controller to replace a SATA I on an old Xeon-based machine that I use for a file server. Had replaced a couple of Seagate drives on my JBOD array with some shiny new WD Blues, and the old SATA I controller couldn't handle the new drives. This one works like a champ. Here's what I get for speed: $ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdb|grep -i speed * Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s) $ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 956 MB in 2.00 seconds = 478.08 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 332 MB in 3.01 seconds = 110.19 MB/sec $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/shared/output.img bs=8k count=256k 262144+0 records in 262144+0 records out 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 38.9774 s, 55.1 MB/s
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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)
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I installed the SSD in a Dell desktop. You may also want to check your computer for a couple of things that may lower the performance of the SSD. The SSD can accommodate SATA3 or SATA2, but my mother board only had had SATA2, which is slower (3 GB/sec). Also, after installation, the BIOS setup should be used to set the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Mine only has ATA or RAID options. I left it in RAID. Also, TRIM was not supported on my computer (look it up). You can install a SATA3 card on your PCI express slots, but unless these slots are higher than PCIe 2.0, you will still not get full speed on the SSD. For example my PCIe 2.0 would give 4GB/sec (still an improvement over my 3GB SATA2) instead of the maximum 6 GB/sec.
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Thanks for your information. I did also find out that there's a sata port intended for an optical drive. If so, then I can mount the SSD in that bay and still have all 4 bays for data. Now - does anybody know if the BIOS can handle 3TB drives without repartitioning?
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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.
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Yes. Took a little effort to get both running well. Go to station-driver for latest firmware and drivers. I have them in x58 with windows 7 x64.Speedwise they are good for sequential, random access is barely any faster than sata 2 ich10r. So not recommended for high performance SSDs
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Check the detailed specifications and you will see big differences other than just the faster SATA connection rate. 4x faster reading, 10x faster writing IOPS. 7mm versus 9.5mm thickness. Not sure if the v4 supports SMART on the older controller chip it uses.Then too your SSD may well outlive several computers, why buy an outdated slow one that you will be living with for years?
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SATA 3.0 and 3.1 support up to 6Gbit/s. The older SATA 2.0 only supports up to 3Gbit/s. SATA 3 is backwards compatible to SATA 2 but you will be limited to the SATA 2 speed.
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This card is for SATA I/II drives only. It will work with newer drives as well, but won't provide a 6 Gbps speed. For faster drives you might need StarTech.com PEXSAT34RH card, but note different interface types - PCI vs. PCI Express. HTH
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It all depends on your motherboard and there are many flavors of 2.0. I get SATA 1 speeds using this board in an old dell dimension 8400 (from 2003). I'm pretty sure it is MB limited.
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I am probably the wrong person to ask since I deal with 64-bit Linux programs rather than Windows; however, as a 32-bit card, Windows should provide internal drivers to support SATA I, II, and III drives from the standard PCI buss, regardless of the specific manufacturer of the controller card. Hopes this sheds some light on the situation.
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As the other two people mentioned, it will definitely work, whether you're using SATA-I, SATA-II, or SATA-III.The only hitch is (of course) that you will not be exploiting the full potential of the SSD on any system that uses the earlier two revisions of SATA.Still, the speedup advantage is probably more noticeable over conventional hard drives on older revision systems, and you can always upgrade to a system with SATA-III later and drop this SSD into it and see what it can REALLY do.
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Good question, it works with every other SATA .. it shouldn't be a problem. I haven't tried it on an SSD.
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After reading the packaging & documentation the adapter comes with, it'll max out @ 3 gb/s speeds on HDD's and SSD's. No 6 gb/s speeds on this adapter.That being said, I still think it's a great product.
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I personally bought it specifically for usb 3.0 myself, though I really can't see much of a boost, even on hardcore downloads (GB in size). Then again, at some point it probably comes down to SATA write speed and buffer anyway. I did have some problems with powering it off the usb though, so make sure you have a solid motherboard(ports on back) and case (the ports on the front). If you start seeing it lose connection and have to replug it in, stop using that port immediately, because it ended up causing my device to fail. Which brings me to my next point, the warranty service was EXCELLENT. great customer support with amped. Enjoy your product :) I personally bought it specifically for usb 3.0 myself, though I really can't see much of a boost, even on hardcore downloads (GB in size). Then again, at some point it probably comes down to SATA write speed and buffer anyway. I did have some problems with powering it off the usb though, so make sure you have a solid motherboard(ports on back) and case (the ports on the front). If you start seeing it lose connection and have to replug it in, stop using that port immediately, because it ended up causing my device to fail. Which brings me to my next point, the warranty service was EXCELLENT.... » Read More I personally bought it specifically for usb 3.0 myself, though I really can't see much of a boost, even on hardcore downloads (GB in size). Then again, at some point it probably comes down to SATA write speed and buffer anyway. I did have some problems with powering it off the usb though, so make sure you have a solid motherboard(ports on back) and case (the ports on the front). If you start seeing it lose connection and have to replug it in, stop using that port immediately, because it ended up causing my device to fail. Which brings me to my next point, the warranty service was EXCELLENT. great customer support with amped. Enjoy your product :) « Show Less
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Yes. In a PCIe 1.0 slot the performance will actually be slower than a SATA II (3gb) port on the motherboard. If it's for an SSD, if you can't use a 2.0 slot larger than x1, it's not worth purchasing. If you do purchase it and use it in a larger slot, install the drivers that come with it, then update them--that results in a significant improvement. I'm using Asmedia 1061 version 1.4.1.0 from 12/26/2012 --supports TRIM and works great.
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Comments from amazon.co.uk:Failed to work properly with an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard and various SSD's & HDDs connected. Did not want to work with an SSD attached as a boot disk for Windows 8.1 Update.This is a nice card works in both types of pci slots in my computer. Worked with Windows 8.1 drivers. However, I bought it because I had SATA 1 connections on my motherboard and I thought I would get increased speed upgrading to SATA 3 with this card. However the speed using the SATA 3 card is significantly slower than connecting direct to the motherboard. A bit of a web search indicates that this is quite common. They may be SATA 3 6gb connections but, in practice no way near as fast as the SATA on the m/b. Comments from amazon.co.uk:Failed to work properly with an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard and various SSD's & HDDs connected. Did not want to work with an SSD attached as a boot disk for Windows 8.1 Update.This is a nice card works in both types of pci slots in my computer. Worked with Windows 8.1 drivers. However, I bought it because I had SATA 1 connections on my motherboard and I thought I would get increased speed upgrading to SATA 3 with this card. However the speed using the SATA 3 card is significantly slower than connecting direct to the motherboard. A bit of... » Read More Comments from amazon.co.uk:Failed to work properly with an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard and various SSD's & HDDs connected. Did not want to work with an SSD attached as a boot disk for Windows 8.1 Update.This is a nice card works in both types of pci slots in my computer. Worked with Windows 8.1 drivers. However, I bought it because I had SATA 1 connections on my motherboard and I thought I would get increased speed upgrading to SATA 3 with this card. However the speed using the SATA 3 card is significantly slower than connecting direct to the motherboard. A bit of a web search indicates that this is quite common. They may be SATA 3 6gb connections but, in practice no way near as fast as the SATA on the m/b. « Show Less