Does this support SATA3 drives and deliver SATA3 speeds ?
2078493
Yes it supports sata3 drives. And it seems to deliver ridiculously fast speeds.
2275325
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.
2143723
I don't know; I haven't tried it. I am using "regular" e-SATA drives which work fine. Suggest contacting the manufacturer directly since they would know.
1629100
if the package says they have a 1.5 ghz transfer rate, then you will NOT get the 6gps of SATA 3. These will still work, you just wont get 100% performance out of them.
1264388
It is compatible with SATA III. However you will never reach those speeds with conventional hard drives.
2165659
Yes. All SATA standards are compatible with each other, but it is going to operate at SATA 1.0 speed. I guess if you're looking for capacity rather than speed, go for it.
1201420
Yes, but the unit is advertised at 5gb/sec. You won't even see that in the real world. I am very satisfied with mine. I use it mostly for backups and it is plenty quick with my Seagate 1tb 6gb/s drive. You should use it with a USB 3.O port for best performance. Also, If you look at the device properties you should set it set for 'Quick Removal' not 'Better performance' so you can 'hot plug/unplug' it w/o worry of data corruption. I have run CrystalDiskMark benchmark tool and the best I get is approx. 90mb/sec on sequential reads/writes. You may get better results. USB will always have some amount of 'system overhead' so you will generally get much better performance w/a dedicated(on board) SATA III controller as on your motherboard. BTW, I also watch HD movies on my unit with no issues. Hope this helps.
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SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface, also known as SATA II. In other words, your motherboard will address the drive, but you won't benefit from the increased speed capability of this strong WD hard drive. One solution is to buy a Rosewill RC-227 PCI-Express 2.0 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card. Of course, your motherboard must have a PCI-e x1 slot available. A $19 solution..
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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.
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.
711718
Yes, however the speed results will be limited to which speed sata your motherboard supports. Still a major upgrade over regular mechanical hds though. Operating system startup time and folder access will be considerably faster.
711719
Hi, While the odds are that it will work, two issues. First, 1st generation SATA controllers often have problem communicating with SATA III devices. Technically, SATA III is backwards compatible. In practice, there are problems. Second, driving an SSD through a 1.5 Gb/sec link will rob it of its speed. The access times will still be fantastic, but you will be running a 400 MB/Sec device through a 150 MB/sec pipe. It's not something that I would count on to show a benefit.I got this answer from the following website: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274873-32-will-work-older-system Hi, While the odds are that it will work, two issues. First, 1st generation SATA controllers often have problem communicating with SATA III devices. Technically, SATA III is backwards compatible. In practice, there are problems. Second, driving an SSD through a 1.5 Gb/sec link will rob it of its speed. The access times will still be fantastic, but you will be running a 400 MB/Sec device through a 150 MB/sec pipe. It's not something that I would count on to show a benefit.I got this answer from the following website:... » Read More Hi, While the odds are that it will work, two issues. First, 1st generation SATA controllers often have problem communicating with SATA III devices. Technically, SATA III is backwards compatible. In practice, there are problems. Second, driving an SSD through a 1.5 Gb/sec link will rob it of its speed. The access times will still be fantastic, but you will be running a 400 MB/Sec device through a 150 MB/sec pipe. It's not something that I would count on to show a benefit.I got this answer from the following website: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274873-32-will-work-older-system « Show Less
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all sata 3 drives are compatible with sata 2 interfaces, so yes it should work
509699
I'm not sure of the exact specs but I/OMagic says the drive supports any SATA or PATA 3.5" HDD on their website.
192753
This has 8 SATA 6GB/s ports. If you have an HDD compatible with SATA 6GB/s or SATA 3GB/s it will work.
1271012
it will work but you wont see the full performance of the drives. you'll get between 300 and 375mb/s on sata 2.
353699
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.