Do I need SATA III for a new IBM Lenovo E530? I can't find any info on if it's worth it to buy SATA 3. Anyone know if it's supported?
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You do not need SATA III. The SSD drive will run at the rated speed of the machine it is installed on, which on laptops is SATA. It is still a lot faster than the original hard drives that come with laptops. That is why I also install the Samsung 830 series SSD drives instead of the faster (and more expensive) 840 series drives on my laptops. You will be making a Very good choice of SSD drive for your machine. Hope that helps you.
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SATA is backwards compatible. You just will get SATA2 speeds instead of SATA3. Of course mechanical HDD max out at SATA2 around 120-150 MB/s so it doesn't matter. And if you're not transferring from another SATA3 SSD then you will be bottlenecked at SATA2 anyway.
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Unfortunately, only the newest line of thinkpads can handle msata drives. No it will not be compatible with this drive, however you can get a standard ssd drive which will perform much faster than a typical HDD. Something like this should work http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ssd/ct120m500ssd1
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I use both WD and Seagate for storage - I have a Blue Face WD10 EARS model, I've had that for about 7 years, I abuse it daily. On my other system, I bought a low-speed (5400 rpm?) Seagate ST1000DL - Which got some nasty reviews on Amazon - But I've had that for 2 years and no trouble, it's only for storage so I don't need the speed. I don't have any SATA3 HDD's at all, I don't have any motherboards that support it. I'll have to get an Add-on Card
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I'm using a "Crucial M500 M.2 2280 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT120M500SSD4 " that I caught on sale for $46 for boot and antivirus, with a 500GB ssd for pgms and a 1TB for snapshots and data. No problems with install from optical disk, no problems running Win7. Not any faster than a standard ssd. Consider what you will do when the M.2 ssd fails, do you have a back up replacement ready to go? Or will you revert to a standard ssd?
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Hi i purchased Transcend 256 GB SATA III 6Gb/s MTS400 42 mm M2. ssd but it's not compatible and not visible on ahci mode and it's very slow on compatible mode, can any one confirm that MyDigitalSSD is visible on AHCI mode and there no compatibility issue
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It's a typo on Amazon. The drive is SATA III. Hardly any drive are SATA III anymore. Click here -&gt; http://www.wdc.com/global/products/specs/?driveID=1049&language=1
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The T3 is not available without drives. There is a 2.8TB model with SSD's available.
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Hello, as far as I know, this SATA drive will works flawlessly in your netbook or any other laptop. I hope it clarifies your questions. Regards. David
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This is a USB3 HUB (it only "extends" USB3, NOT provide it)AND it has nothing to do with SATA so you will never need an SATA cable.It will plug into an existing USB3 socket OR comes with a 19 pin cable toconnect to a Mother Board socket or add-in card.PS: The product description leaves a lot to be desired.More pictures would be a big plus.
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The product description says "Designed for all 3.5? SATA I, SATA II and SATA III hard disk drives" which I read as any capacity SATA drive should be supported, aside from a newer version of SATA interface that may not be backward compatible. However it would have been useful if the manufacturer provided that detail without guesswork.
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They can be used in a desktop but are truly optimized for a NAS environment with a RAID structure and yes, SATA III (6.0Gb/s) is backwards compatible with SATA II (3.0Gb/s). They are optimized for a NAS Environment as they're not very high speed drives, so you might notice latency in a Desktop environment (they're like 5900rpm Green drives).
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it supports full Sata III with USB3.0 but 3Gbs with esata cable..... which is what i use. It is very fast and by far the best Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5-Inch hard drive i have ever used bar none !
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There is no SATA 6.0. SATA 3 is 6.0 Gbps (Gigabits per second) so this is probably where your confusion comes from.So it's the best SATA there is.
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Yes, but why use this old card now for RAID? The SATA supports only 150 MB/s. Most new drives will be SATA III, 6Gb/s or up to 550 GB/s. Just my $0.02 worth.
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I think you want: Lenovo 03X3703 TS440 3.5" HDD CageI've been researching this and i think you would then need a " discrete RAID adapter for SATA/SAS" in order to manage the additional drive caddy.
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No. The yoga 13 has two msata slots. You do not need a sata adapter. Check Lenovo forums online for more info.