Question How to know which port can do the fastest for a SATA adapter on a Dell laptop ?

[editor1]

Hi

I have a old Dell Latitude E6400 Laptop with 4GB RAM and a duo 2 CPU at about tire 3 (cant remember), Nvidia TN137.

I want to us it as a plex server, NAS, seed box and 24/7 video player. I was wondering what speed each of the following slots/ports can produce; 3x mini PCIe, 1394, express card and eSATA. I want to run a 6tb sata 3 HDD.

If all is good I can upgrade it to the T9900 cpu and 8gb ram.
I can't afford 2x 3 inch 3tb drives for it's native sata 3 slots.

Any thought's ?
Like should I just go to ebay and get something different ? Like a mini pc ?

 

[Lutfij]

Any thought's ?
https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-pro...ptop/latitude-e6400-atg_setup guide_en-us.pdf
That's a GM45 chipset, you might want to forgo doing anything on that antiquated laptop. That chipset will only go as far as SATA II speeds meaning 3 Gb/s.

My 2 cents on the matter.

 

[editor1]

Any thought's ?
https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_latitude_laptop/latitude-e6400-atg_setup guide_en-us.pdf
That's a GM45 chipset, you might want to forgo doing anything on that antiquated laptop. That chipset will only go as far as SATA II speeds meaning 3 Gb/s.

My 2 cents on the matter.

Owch.. sata 2.. ok Thank you so much. To the e-wast scrap yard some of it goes.

 

[editor1]

Any thought's ?
https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_latitude_laptop/latitude-e6400-atg_setup guide_en-us.pdf
That's a GM45 chipset, you might want to forgo doing anything on that antiquated laptop. That chipset will only go as far as SATA II speeds meaning 3 Gb/s.

My 2 cents on the matter.

Ok well I guest the sata 2 is not terrible for me.
Any pointers on what port I should use for a big 5 inch HDD ? I prefer not to have the boot system on the big 5 inch NAS HDD. So what port for boot/OS and what port for the NAS ?

 

[USAFRet]

Ok well I guest the sata 2 is not terrible for me.
Any pointers on what port I should use for a big 5 inch HDD ? I prefer not to have the boot system on the big 5 inch NAS HDD. So what port for boot/OS and what port for the NAS ?

"5 inch" ?
Or "3.5 inch"?

 

[editor1]

"5 inch" ?
Or "3.5 inch"?

My bad on delayed response. The NAS is a 5 inch and the boot don't matter to me on drive type.
PS. I just figured out the common desktop drives are the 3.5 and laptops are 2.5. So when I said 5 inch I meant 3.5. 😵