Does this enclosure use a SATA II (3 Gb/s) or SATA III (6 Gb/s) interface internally?
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It does handle SATA III (6 GB/s), but your speeds are really determined/limited by the USB 3.0 or Firewire 800 interfaces. I am using it with a SATA III SSD as a boot drive for my mac mini, using USB 3.0, and it is incredibly fast. This is an excellent external HD enclosure.
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The specs for the enclosure don't indicate anything beyond supporting 2.5" SATA drives; however, the version of this enclosure from Oyen Digital that ships with a 1TB hard drive uses the Hitachi 0J22423 Travelstar 7K 1000 7200RPM 6Gb drive supporting "up to 572 MB/sec" via USB3. So, both 3Gb/s drives and 6Gb/s drives are supported. I have both the FW800/USB3 version of this enclosure using a 1Tb Hybrid drive and the FW800/USB2 versions using a 500Gb Samsung SSD drive. While I have not bench-marked them, I get good performance from both.
19436
You should be fine with this one. Sata II runs at 3.0 GBps and Sata runs at 1.5 GBps. Do some research on Google but you will more than likely be more than satisfied.
1813005
Don't know - sorry - I am using mine as an external (e-sata) attached to a desktop.
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
1803109
We have the seller here indicating that this enclosure will work with a 6Tb drive, whereas there is another question raising an inability to run a 4Tb drive - which is answered by a comment that a 2Tb drive was successfully housed. We need to have the seller or manufacturer settle these questions. IS THERE an upper limit to drive capacity; or are there any limits to drive type or SATA permutations?
389751
Power is provided internally via sata connection or you need an external enclosure if not installing internal drive.
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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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It should work fine, though I haven't used that brand drive myself. It's the correct type (SATA III).
1995330
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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Yes. Actually, all SATA standards are compatible with each other.Here's the thing: SATA 1 moves at 1.5 Gb/s. SATA 2 moves at 3 Gb/s. SATA 3 moves at 6 Gb/s. If you plug a SATA 3 drive into a SATA 1 port, it is going to move at 1.5 Gb/s.
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I wondered the same thing when I bought it since I wanted to be certain of this. The manufacturer said it was "compatible" with SATA III, but that does not necessarily mean anything. The external interface is USB 3.0 and limtied to 5Gbits/sec max throughput, of course. Anyway, after testing with a fast 3.5" 7200 disk drive, I came to the conclusion that the drive internally is running at max performance for its platter write speeds - as you can see from my reported review. Unless I were to check with an SSD, I would not be certain of the interface, but my educated guess is that it is is an internal SATA III interface ... hope that helps! I wondered the same thing when I bought it since I wanted to be certain of this. The manufacturer said it was "compatible" with SATA III, but that does not necessarily mean anything. The external interface is USB 3.0 and limtied to 5Gbits/sec max throughput, of course. Anyway, after testing with a fast 3.5" 7200 disk drive, I came to the conclusion that the drive internally is running at max performance for its platter write speeds - as you can see from my reported review. Unless I were to check with an SSD, I would not be certain of the interface, but my educated guess is... » Read More I wondered the same thing when I bought it since I wanted to be certain of this. The manufacturer said it was "compatible" with SATA III, but that does not necessarily mean anything. The external interface is USB 3.0 and limtied to 5Gbits/sec max throughput, of course. Anyway, after testing with a fast 3.5" 7200 disk drive, I came to the conclusion that the drive internally is running at max performance for its platter write speeds - as you can see from my reported review. Unless I were to check with an SSD, I would not be certain of the interface, but my educated guess is that it is is an internal SATA III interface ... hope that helps! « Show Less
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1- supports sata 3 up to 6Gbps. Backward compatible to sata 2 (3Gbps) and sata1 (1.5Gbps) specification. 2- No! This is an all in one unit. I'm using 2 64GB SSD drivers and set it up in a raid . It speed up your computer 100x better. It almost instantly the changes to the next window. I like this setup and it is in a nice package.
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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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SATA version 3, as in 6Gbps. All four of the ports on this board are SATA version 3.
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The interface between the drive and the disk controller is SATA III and can run at a maximum speed of 6 billion bits per second. This is approximately 750 million bytes per second. Older SATA II controllers are capable of 3 billion bits per second, or 375 million bytes per second. Why is this important? Because this particular drive can do 520 million bytes per second, so the drive cannot run at full speed on a SATA II controller. It will work, but it will be slower. It must be used on a SATA III controller to allow the drive to run at full speed.Please note your CPU, bus and motherboard must also be fast enough to get this speed. Putting a cheap SATA III controller in an old computer won't do it. The interface between the drive and the disk controller is SATA III and can run at a maximum speed of 6 billion bits per second. This is approximately 750 million bytes per second. Older SATA II controllers are capable of 3 billion bits per second, or 375 million bytes per second. Why is this important? Because this particular drive can do 520 million bytes per second, so the drive cannot run at full speed on a SATA II controller. It will work, but it will be slower. It must be used on a SATA III controller to allow the drive to run at full speed.Please note your CPU, bus and... » Read More The interface between the drive and the disk controller is SATA III and can run at a maximum speed of 6 billion bits per second. This is approximately 750 million bytes per second. Older SATA II controllers are capable of 3 billion bits per second, or 375 million bytes per second. Why is this important? Because this particular drive can do 520 million bytes per second, so the drive cannot run at full speed on a SATA II controller. It will work, but it will be slower. It must be used on a SATA III controller to allow the drive to run at full speed.Please note your CPU, bus and motherboard must also be fast enough to get this speed. Putting a cheap SATA III controller in an old computer won't do it. « Show Less
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if you're talking about the SATA speed ports, I have mine plugged into a SATA 6GB port and not a problem
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It has 2 x 6Gbps SATA, 4 x 3Gbps. 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 1 x PCIe 3.0 x8 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 1 x PCI I think that's it.