Will this cable connect to a SATA II controller on my motherboard although its a SATA III? Or should I find a SATA II cable? If compatible I'm looking to use this cable to install and connect a Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 256 GB SATA 6GB/s Solid State Drive MZ-7PD256BW to be used as a boot drive containing both Win 7 Ultimate and Application software in my old-ish HP Pavilion d4650Y desktop computer using the Silverstone Tek 3.5-Inch to 2 X 2.5-Inch Hard Drive HDD SSD Bay Converter, Black (SDP08B). Don't know if this is important, but just in case my Processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz 4MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB with 4 GB of ram. Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated? Thanks! Will this cable connect to a SATA II controller on my motherboard although its a SATA III? Or should I find a SATA II cable? If compatible I'm looking to use this cable to install and connect a... » Read More Will this cable connect to a SATA II controller on my motherboard although its a SATA III? Or should I find a SATA II cable? If compatible I'm looking to use this cable to install and connect a Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 256 GB SATA 6GB/s Solid State Drive MZ-7PD256BW to be used as a boot drive containing both Win 7 Ultimate and Application software in my old-ish HP Pavilion d4650Y desktop computer using the Silverstone Tek 3.5-Inch to 2 X 2.5-Inch Hard Drive HDD SSD Bay Converter, Black (SDP08B). Don't know if this is important, but just in case my Processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz 4MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB with 4 GB of ram. Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated? Thanks! « Show Less
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See: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii"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." SATA II drive speed is 3GB/s, so you won't get the full SATA III speed throughput by using this cable.
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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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Update: You need to be CERTAIN the ssd is MICRO sata, and the other connection is STANDARD SATA, as I see it. My mistake was not even knowing there was such a thing as SLIMLINE sata, but WTH... Six bucks...? NBD... I'd send you mine, but I never get anything done. 'Buried somewhere anyway...
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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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I just posted a reply to another question concerning this card, not sure if it's up yet. I'm using this on an old Precision 690 so it works just fine for me. However IMHO if you are using a newer system & also SSD you should look for something that matches your bus speed/etc and not go the inexpensive route. Not sure why you need this as your SSD's should be run off the mainboard and not through an expansion - unless all your drives are SSD's I suppose. If you have SS drives than I would suggest porting those through the expansion and the SSD's off of your board. Otherwise you will lose soooo much bandwidth/transfer speed...Good luck. I just posted a reply to another question concerning this card, not sure if it's up yet. I'm using this on an old Precision 690 so it works just fine for me. However IMHO if you are using a newer system & also SSD you should look for something that matches your bus speed/etc and not go the inexpensive route. Not sure why you need this as your SSD's should be run off the mainboard and not through an expansion - unless all your drives are SSD's I suppose. If you have SS drives than I would suggest porting those through the expansion and the SSD's off of your board. Otherwise you will lose... » Read More I just posted a reply to another question concerning this card, not sure if it's up yet. I'm using this on an old Precision 690 so it works just fine for me. However IMHO if you are using a newer system & also SSD you should look for something that matches your bus speed/etc and not go the inexpensive route. Not sure why you need this as your SSD's should be run off the mainboard and not through an expansion - unless all your drives are SSD's I suppose. If you have SS drives than I would suggest porting those through the expansion and the SSD's off of your board. Otherwise you will lose soooo much bandwidth/transfer speed...Good luck. « Show Less
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Hmm... I personally don't know this either (I too would like to know -- in case anyone has tested it out). However, the product picture show the "SERIAL ATA" logo with "1.5Gb/s" below it -- making me believe it is not SATA 3Gb/s or SATA 6Gb/s. I am looking for one that supports 3Gb/s.
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The optical drive SATA controller does not work at SATA III Speeds because it is made for optical drives and those drives do not exceed SATA II transfer speed plus your laptop would have to have an optical drive in order to have this controller (normally)
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Hey gopheer, I believe all SATA cables are the same. Some of the new ones just have clips on them to keep them more secure. These don't have clips but they work just fine on my SATA III 6gb/sec. It should work fine for any SATA SSD. I don't personally have a SSD but I do use RAID-0 with SATA III.
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It is SATA II, the previous response is incorrect. SATA II = 3 GB/s, SATA III = 6 GB/s. SATA III is backward-compatible to SATA II but limited to the speed of the SATA II port.
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It does work with your sata controller. It fits your in a 2.5" slot, but you will need to get a mounting bracket for a 3.5" bay on a desktop.
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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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You will need a SATA cable to connect the motherboard to the drive. Most motherboards come with cables. Whether or not that motherboard comes with cables should be listed. The only other cable you need is power but that is attached to your power supply, so you should have one already, unless your power supply is from the 90s
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This board does support ATA 100/133 drives, however I'm not sure if you can boot the drive from this controller. I had issues with this card and had to return it. I was trying to install a SATA II drive in an older dell optiplex that did not have a SATA controller. The system could not boot from the SATA II HDD. It may work for you to use the ATA 100 drive as a secondary HDD in a system that already has a primary boot device.
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Yep. Appears that this seller is being a bit deceptive and leading people that he is selling retail versions instead of OEM. I can only suggest that you go to Best Buy (or a local computer store) and buy a SATA drive connection cable.
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This enclosure seems to have lower read/write speeds than a # of other enclosures interfaces that explicitly state they support SATA III, so my guess is it does *not* support SATA III speeds. This appears to be confirmed by Anker in their response to my review where they say it's only 'compatible with SATA III': (http://www.amazon.com/review/R1ZD7X6XFODRSW/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm) FYI, here are some speeds in MB/s, with an Intel 330 120GB SSD: Anker USB 3.0/eSATA enclosure (this enclosure): 176.4/134.2 Seagate GoFlex Slim USB 3.0 interface: 250.5/152.5 SIIG 6Gb/s SATA to USB 3.0: 257.9/149.6 Newer Technology Voyager S3: 396.1/136.4 The Anker is the slowest of the bunch. The last 3 all supposedly support SATA III, but clearly the Voyager S3 is the fastest. The SIIG has the ASMedia 1051e chipset (supposed to be very fast), so I'm not sure what, in the end, causes the S3 to have dramatically higher read speeds. Different chipset? Updated firmware?
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I check Western Design website and here's the spec. Your best bet is go to Western Design website and ask in ForumSystem Requirements* SATA interface connector on motherboard, or SATA controller card (sold separately) installed in an available 32-bit PCI expansion slot (2.1- or 2.2-compliant).* 3.5-inch internal drive bay.
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Any SATA power cable can be used for either a SATA or SATA2 drive. Both drives and cables are fully interchangeable. Hope I have answered your question.