My board with ws velociraptor??

[Dasale]

Hi guys, I'm on my first real build at the mo and I'm now replacing my hard drive as is too small. My motherboard is the Asus m4a785d-m pro. I'm just wondering if a western digital velociraptor will work with it? I'm a little confused about this whole sata connection thing, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Grizzly]

Simple answer : yes. The 5 baby blue coloured sockets on the bottom right of your board are SATA.

 

[Dasale]

Thanks, the drive is sata 3 I believe. Can't figure out what my board is, if it is sata 1 then will I loose alot of speed as the drive is sata 3?

 

[Luger718]

most modern board are sata 2...adn the even newer ones have sata 2 and 3

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

But you won't get sata 3 speed if you connect it with a sata 2 cable, make sure the cable, and mobo port are both sata 3, then you'll be up and running full speed

 

[Luger718]

But you won't get sata 3 speed if you connect it with a sata 2 cable, make sure the cable, and mobo port are both sata 3, then you'll be up and running full speed

im 100% sure sata 2 and 3 cables are the same (have heard a couple of reviews and unboxers say this) the "sata 3" cables are just a different color

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

im 100% sure sata 2 and 3 cables are the same (have heard a couple of reviews and unboxers say this) the "sata 3" cables are just a different color

Yes i was then told this 20 seconds after posting at work

sorry, but yeah still dependant on mobo and hdd both being sata 3

 

[fmsam]

If your new drive is sata 3 (6GBs) it will probably work on a sata 2 port as I belive they are backward compatable.

I hope Im right because your m/b does not have sata 3 ports.

 

[adamjamesroe]

If your new drive is sata 3 (6GBs) it will probably work on a sata 2 port as I belive they are backward compatable.

I hope Im right because your m/b does not have sata 3 ports.

U are SATA 3 is backwards compatible with all other SATA types that share the same connector.

 

[Dasale]

Thanks alot guys, I just got a 640mb caviar black 64mb cache... Cost £50 it was an impulse buy. What u think? Good decision?

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Thanks alot guys, I just got a 640mb caviar black 64mb cache... Cost £50 it was an impulse buy. What u think? Good decision?

Thats the exact drive i am planning to get

*Gb

 

[GBcf]

I have two of those... For HDD's they are very fast. They are, however, not quiet due to vibration.

Cheers