Will this enclosure work with SATA III (6 Gb/s) drives?
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I don't know, but it should. I use a SATA II drive. Check the specs. It should say.
451351
No. Only SATA I and II. Complies with SATA I / II, speed up to 3G/sec, Complies with USB 3.0, speed up to 5G/sec(www.rosewill.com/products/1887/ProductDetail_Overview.htm)
451352
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.
1264388
It is compatible with SATA III. However you will never reach those speeds with conventional hard drives.
261433
Yes, it certainly will fit and work. Just remember... space inside the enclosure is at a premium, so play it smart by plugging in the connections first, then lower the drive into the enclosure for application of screws. Enjoy.
757483
The short answer is, yes. Though the drive is rated to work on SATA 6GB/sec it is backwards compatible and should work.
2041731
Probably because it doesn't really matter. SATA 6 Gb/s is just marketing for a mechanical drive. No mechanical HDD can even saturate the SATA 3 Gb/s spec.
1603868
Yes, you can use your SATA drive in the enclosure. Please note, if it is a high capacity drive it will require special formatting. You can find that information and instructions on how to do that on the Web.
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.
2122334
SATA is backwards compatible so it should be fine. In fact, if you are replacing a plater drive it should be faster even with the 1.5 Gb/sec bottleneck.
1076073
Any SATA 6GB/S is compatible with it, this Motherboard contains 6 6gb/s connectors.
766021
This is a IDE HDD Enclosure Case, so NO it will not work with a sata drive no matterwhat the operating system.
718489
This drive is thicker than some drive bays, so it may not fit. Check the thickness, but otherwise yes, it will work.
169514
Yes, it works with any SATA device, the enclosure is for any DVD/CD/Blu-ray device, but any SATA HDD will work, size would be a little big bigger than enclosures for HDD, but will work anyway.
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.
2007101
It should! Disappointed in the fact that the enclosure is only USB 2 and not USB 3 Still can be used with other slower drives with out much wasted performance
411847
If its a 3.5 HDD thannit should work. But the only bad thing about the enclosure is that its a pain to take apart. If you have a few bucks to spar I recommend something that is easier to open.
1066123
I have not had problems with my enclosure, but it will not work with your older ATA HDD. The enclosure is designed for a SATA connection.
871764
I am sorry I can not give you an answer. The sata connection is an older version that only is workable with either an adapter plate or cable, which would make the enclosure unusable.