Connecting SSD Hard Drive to the motherboard

[Crom808]

Greetings,


Just a quick question for you guys. When I connect my ssd sata hard drive to my motherboard, does it matter which sata slot I connect it to? Here are my system specs

Case: Corsair Carbide 400C White
Motherboard: Asus Z270-A
CPU: Core i-5 7600k
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070
PSU: EVGA Supernova G3 750 PSU
CPU Air Cooler: Deepcool Assassin 2
Memory: 16GB (x2 8GB Stick) Corsair Vengence LPX
SSD: Kingston V300 240GB

Thanks for the help

 

[USAFRet]

Generally, you want to connect it to the lowest number SATA port.
0 or 1.

The only time it makes a difference is if it is a native Intel port, or other.
But I always connect the boot drive to the lowest, just so that I know where it is.

 

[Crom808]

Okay so I'm guessing I just have to look at my motherboard Manual to see which SATA connection slot I use on my board for my 1 SSD HDD? I have a Asus Z270 Prime-A. So whatever is labeled as the lowest number I use?

 

[USAFRet]

Okay so I'm guessing I just have to look at my motherboard Manual to see which SATA connection slot I use on my board for my 1 SSD HDD? I have a Asus Z270 Prime-A. So whatever is labeled as the lowest number I use?

Yup
0 or 1.

 

[Crom808]

Thank you sir!

 

[mjslakeridge]

The SATA ports may be numbered on the motherboard, but if not certainly the manual will identify them.

 

[Crom808]

Thanks for the heads up mjslakeridge