I bought this and am new to building PCs. Will I gain any bennifit in plugging this in the e-sata port on my motherboard?
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No advantage as it's an internal drive, better to use the internal SATA connectors. You would not be able to plug an external drive in later.
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No, I don't think so as the only connecting cable uses a specific USB 3.0 motherboard-capable connector. I do not remember seeing any ports for SATA connectivity.
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Check this out. http://www.amazon.com/HDE%C2%AE-SATA-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B0096BEJDI/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_y I got this by mistake when I wanted the other. This is a board that sticks straight from the back of the hard drive, so space may be a problem.
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Good if the connection is sata sata 3 speed will be fully optimized.I believe you will have a good performace with sata 3.gratefulHerbert
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I've only got one graphics card, it's a big one, but none of the ports are blocked. If you used the bottom one as well, it looks to me like you will still be able to use the botton two SATA ports.
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Yes, but I'd be more concerned about why your motherboard's SATA ports no longer work. This card connects through a slot on the motherboard, and if your motherboard has problems, there may be problems in connecting this card as well.
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Unable to answer exact question. I installed a WD green 3.5" 2TB Sata drive and it works fine. I did have to install the Gigabit driver before the Mother Board would see its eSATA ports.
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It's a standard SATA connector on a SATA III cable. If the drive has a SATA plug, then probably. A lot will depend on how the drive and mobo is mounted in the case. Sometimes you need 90 degree connectors and other times straight. Cable length is usually not an issue.
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Should be compatible, just make sure you know what type of cable connection ports you have IDE or SATA, it is a simple swap.
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If you have this drive installed in your pc with the drive utility software there should not be a problem. What type of motherboard and CPU are you using?
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I have no idea (no dell), but make sure you have a free sata port to plug it into.
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I do not think you mother board will support anything other than this one card.............not to mention that this is a large card and barely fits most cases......it is very long and interferes with the SATA port locations sometimes
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sata cables are all the same.. it depends on your motherboard ... so yes.. if your m.b. supports it
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As long as you've got another SATA cord on your PSU and MoBo, the answer is "yes."
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If you use SATA cables with a right angle connector and plug them in before you mount the video cards you should have no problems regardless of the size of the GPU.
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This card will give you two USB 3.0 ports and close to the 3.0 USB speed. But it will not affect the speed of your e-sata port (unless it is being physically being replaced by this card.)My peraonall experience is that this card would not power my External USB HDD.
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It turns out the SATA port is just a pass through for the eSata port on the outside of the card. There is no built in SATA port on this board.