Question Do you know if my HDD Sata 3 or 2? It says: Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 3Gb/s

[TShane]

Hey everyone, I'm proper confused because I've done a bit of research to find out what HDD I have, they say that 3gb/s is Sata 2 and 6GB/s is Sata 3.

But My HD says: 6Gb/s @ 3Gb/s

So I can't tell which one it is because it's saying 6gbs @ 3gb/s, and not saying one or the other like 6GB/s or 3GB/s.
it's saying 6GB/s @ 3GB/s.
it hasn't given me a straight answer lol.
Here's a SS from running HWinfo64

Cheers all haha. Appreciated.

 

[rgd1101]

look like a sata 3 drive connecting to a sata 2 port on the motherboard

 

[popatim]

I wouldn't stress about that either. Not many HDD's can use up all the bandwidth of a Sata2 port (yet).

 

[TShane]

look like a sata 3 drive connecting to a sata 2 port on the motherboard

Ahh fair play man cheers for the input, i had a rough idea anyway just can never be too careful as i wanna get a new HDD.

I wouldn't stress about that either. Not many HDD's can use up all the bandwidth of a Sata2 port (yet).

Ah nice, I wanted to get a SSD, what speed or type of SSD should I get for the SATA 2 port do you know?
Should I just get a SATA 2 SSD or could i get more speed out of a SATA 3? A bit confused about it. Thankyou

 

[rgd1101]

what is the model of the motherboard?

 

[TShane]

what is the model of the motherboard?

sorry for the delay man, my motherboard model is
GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev. 4.1)
heres a link: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-USB3-rev-41

 

[rgd1101]

only have sata 2 on the board. while it won't get the max speed of sata 3 ssd. it is still alot faster than hdd drive. any sata type ssd would work.

 

[pfsr]

what is the model of the motherboard?

hi igot the same
Mainboard Name: 3032h
and my new ssd should be 500mb but it gives 230

 

[USAFRet]

hi igot the same
Mainboard Name: 3032h
and my new ssd should be 500mb but it gives 230

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