Is this SATA 2 or SATA3 compatable
1836317
works on sata2 - i have one of the 840 series 250g installed in an old pc with sata2
1836318
It's NOT SATA2 compatible in MacBooks or MacMinis: it will connect @ SATA 1 speeds on those, always, no matter what.
658856
Any SATA drives will work, but I would recommend using the same drives in both bays.
306706
That compatibility is based on the interface. I believe this MB has a SATA3 3Gb/s ports. Why a 10k rpm drive versus an SSD?
2151639
Good if the connection is sata sata 3 speed will be fully optimized.I believe you will have a good performace with sata 3.gratefulHerbert
1282387
sata is sata, doesn't matter if it is sata3 or sata2, all those only matter to things like hard drive that needs that much bandwidth to start with. sata3 is over kill, hdd can't function up to that speed anyways, unless you are connecting to a high end SSD.
1994324
You do know this is a SAS hard drive and not an SATA one. Well the truth is I had brought this one by mistake and had sent it back. So I really cannot give you an answer. Sorry.
187877
Yes. It is comparable with all SATA drives. You just wouldn't be able to take advantage of the speeds of SATA III obviously.
694057
I assume you meant Sata 1,2, or 3. There are differences, primarily the speed they are capable of supporting. You would want to use Sata 3 cables in any modern PC just to be safe and ensure you get the most out of your hard drives.
1013796
Yes, the enclosure will work with any SATA drive and is backwards compatible with USB 2
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.
192752
Yes, any SATA drive will work. If you want a detailed list of the tested drives go to the MSI website and look for the MoBo model. You can check at tested compatible CPUs, Memory, HDD, etc
1682598
Yes it will but not at the highest speed capable in SATA3. Still is quite fast, either way.
2119146
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
1262638
SATA III is backwards-compatible with SATA II and SATA I. So this enclosure should work, it will just run at SATA II speed instead of SATA III, which won't make a difference anyway because USB 3.0 is only 1 GBps and SATA II is 3.0 GBps...
323154
Yes it is, I have some 2tb Seagate SATA 2 and they work with no problems at all.
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http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii
1755138
You should be able to replace it without compatability issues but it will not perform at maximum specifications if the interface is not sata III