Hi, can this card run SATA3 2 x 3tb HDD's on Win7 pro OS?
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I had two 3tb plugged in with windows 7 a while ago and I remember them working. Currently, I have 3 2TB Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 and win8 and it reports: Current Transfer Mode: ultra DMA mode 6, Host link Speed Generation 2(3.0 Gb/s), Device Link Speed Generation 2(3.0 Gb/s). I don't know if this is SATA3 or SATA2. Based on the report of Generation 2 I would suspect SATA2. Anyway, here is my info, maybe you can understand it.
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It runs SATA II but if you connect SATA III (3TB) it will work but with the speed of SATA II.I use it in my file server running FlexRAID & windows 8.1 Pro and the system works good.This is is not as good as HighPoint controllers but it will do the job but if the performance is important to you, use a better expensive controller.
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I installed a WD 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0 3.5 in drive in my StarTech 3.5 in Superspeed HDD Enclosure and it works very well!!
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It should work fine, though I haven't used that brand drive myself. It's the correct type (SATA III).
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Dan, I am successfully using a Western Digital Red 3TB Sata III drive in my IX2 without any issues at all!
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In not sure but I'm going to say no. Since you have to install drivers for this hdd before using it.
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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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I have 3TB and 4TB drives in there. They are just straight pass throughs for the most part, depends more on the BIOS of your motherboard.
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all sata 3 drives are compatible with sata 2 interfaces, so yes it should work
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That should work just find. Remember that it is the OS that will or will not recognize the size of the drive(s), not the hardware in most cases. But motherboard BIOS might be questioned and looked into just to double check
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Hi Terry, There are multiple different WD 3tb SATA III drives, but this enclosure will work with any 3.5" SATA drive - that's the only thing that matters. I would note that this enclosure, being only USB 2.0, will not benefit from the speed over a SATA III drive verses a SATA II drive, so if you find a cheaper 3.5" drive, feel free to go with the cheaper option.
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yes it will work on sata 2 & 3 and its backward compatible means it will go back from 3 to 2 . you will like it
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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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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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Yes, it should work w/ any 2.5" SATA drive. I've been using it for the past year w/o any problems (knock on wood)
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SATA III drives do work on SATA II setups. It will just run at the SATA II specs. I have the 2TB version of this drive on a SATA II bus and it works fine. I remember looking for SATA II drives last July and they weren't nearly as available as SATA III and it wouldn't have saved me any money.
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As long as your desktop has SATA connections you should have no problem. Will work on SATA 2 or 3.
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It should work. Most Sata 3 will be backward compatible with sata2, which runs only 3G/s not 6G/s.