Is it sata 3 0 gb or 6 0 gb? What is the difference?
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Sata 6gb, the difference is speed...to benefit from the 6gbs, you have to have a compatible motherboard or else it will work on 3gbs (which would be fast anyways)
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The drive is compatible with both. Sata 6 is twice as fast for data transfer but it depends on whether your computer has the faster interface.
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards. Hope this helps
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Yes, it is a 3.5" SATA drive. I have one of them, and it has been a good external drive.
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The Seagate Constellation ES2 3TB drives I picked up are model ST33000650NS. They were all brand NEW with the 5 YR warranty. All SATA3 6Gb/s 64MB Cache.
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Mane was 6gbs under earlier bios but usb3 did not work bios update sorted usb3 but broke sata back to 3gb/s.
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It should work. Most Sata 3 will be backward compatible with sata2, which runs only 3G/s not 6G/s.
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It's SATA, and I believe SATA III (6GB/sec). At very least SATA II (3GB/sec).One thing to note is that if you intend to replace the mechanical drive with a solid state (which you should - makes these things ten times faster), you'll need a 7mm height SSD. 9.5mm won't fit.Ben
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im currently using one with 750gb. So far so good. as long as its 2.5in SATA HDD should be fine.
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sata is sata, doesn't matter if it is sata3 or sata2, all those only matter to things like hard drive that needs that much bandwidth to start with. sata3 is over kill, hdd can't function up to that speed anyways, unless you are connecting to a high end SSD.
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As far as I know it is SATA III but remember it is very difficult to replace the drive. You must completely disassemble the machine since the drive is on top of the board next to the keyboard, not on the underside like most laptops.
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards.Hope this helps
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Thanks - trying to find out before purchasing, but I found some posts on Newegg that indicate they are SATA (maybe they changed from IDE to SATA and this is why it isn't in the specs).
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Probably because it doesn't really matter. SATA 6 Gb/s is just marketing for a mechanical drive. No mechanical HDD can even saturate the SATA 3 Gb/s spec.
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Any SATA 6GB/S is compatible with it, this Motherboard contains 6 6gb/s connectors.
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I'm looking for a cable right now and just finished doing research and there is no difference in speeds between different cables. "No performance difference between SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 6Gb/s cables." "SATA revision designator on cables is mostly just marketing and has no bearing on the actual performance the cable can provide." http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/SATA-3Gb-s-vs-6Gb-s-Cable-Performance-Revisited-183/
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The SSD is SATA3. One is a piece of hardware, the other is the way it connects to the computer. #lmgtfy
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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.