Re: SSD drives

yep data and power plugs are the same as the desktop sized (3.5") sata hdd.


On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Worik Stanton <[email protected]>wrote:

> On 29/01/13 10:58, Christopher Lee wrote:
>
>> Hi Worik,
>>
>> A search (query string: Intel DQ35J0 sata speed) found this pdf mobo
>> manual: http://downloadmirror.intel.**com/15038/eng/DQ35JO_**
>> TechProdSpec.pdf<http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15038/eng/DQ35JO_TechProdSpec.pdf>
>>
>> page 10 summary table: Six Serial ATA (3 Gbps)
>>
>> Getting a SSD that's 6Gbps will still work, just won't go full speed. So
>> there is no need to pay a premium for the super fastest Intel 500 series
>> or
>> whatever.
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>
> I think this is very helpful.
>
> The shape of the plugs for SATA are all the same?
>
> 3Gbps is a bit less than 3 x as fast as I have now.  I was hoping for more
> than that, but I will still do it.
>
> Thanks heaps.
>
> W
>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Worik Stanton<worik.stanton@gmail.**com<[email protected]>
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  On 25/01/13 10:27, Christopher Lee wrote:
>>>
>>>  What model is your motherboard?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> FWIW  Intel DQ35J0
>>>
>>> I googled it but since I know next to nothing about SATA varieties I got
>>> no useful information.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> W
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Worik Stanton<worik.stanton@gmail.***
>>>> *com<[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   On 21/01/13 12:02, Christopher Lee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   One thing that almost caught me out when I was looking at upgrading
>>>>> my
>>>>>
>>>>>> laptop:
>>>>>> I would check what speed Sata your motherboard supports (i.e. 3Gb/s,
>>>>>> 6Gb/s).
>>>>>> (You mention a Sata III drive, I can only assume the motherboard is
>>>>>> Sata
>>>>>> III too?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  How can I tell?  There are SATA ports on my mother board.  But is
>>>>> their
>>>>> more than one version of SATA?  (I assume so as the drives I am looking
>>>>> at
>>>>> say "SATA III")
>>>>>
>>>>> I have googled my mother board but the Intel page just says it has
>>>>> SATA.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are 6 such ports on the board, one in use for the current drive
>>>>> and
>>>>> one connected to a port on the back pane.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> W
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>>
>>
>
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