Quick SATA3 Question

[yggdrasil]

Are SATA 3 HDD's backwards compatible?

I am seeing a lot of Sata 2 HDD in "clearance bin" at retailers and SATA 3 drives in stock, they probably are but are the Sata3 HDD's compatible with Sata2 headers on my motherboard?

 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

I'm running a SATA 3 SSD on a SATA 2 port.

 

[dugdiamond]

in a word - YES