Is it worth installing a SATA III card on a MB with PCIEX slots ?

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Hi guys

I have this motherboard http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01324212
I would like to buy this HDD http://www.newegg.ca/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=Homepage_SS-_-P3_22-178-338-_-03082016&Index=3
I am thinking about adding a SATAIII card to my MB http://www.ebay.ca/itm/PCI-E-To-SATA3-PCI-E-SATA3-0-6Gb-s-the-SSD-Asmedia-Chip-Expansion-Card-/371319751519?hash=item567461c35f:g:904AAOSwymxVRucx

Will this move work? I have doubts regarding the SATAIII to PCIEX transfer speed. Is there a bottleneck there ?

Otherwise I believe I can buy the HDD without the card and it will work at SATAII speeds, correct?

thanks a lot
Uni
 
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CountMike
You don't need SATA 3 to use with mechanical HDD, it won't be any faster than with SATA2 !!!!
SSD would be another story but even fastest HDD can not saturate SATA 2 interface.
So, don't bother, won't get any improvement at all.
If you want faster disk get an SSD, even at SATA2 speeds it will outstrip any HDD by very wide margin.
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Yes this will work for you and you will get SATA III speeds. Without this you will get SATA II speeds as you correctly guessed.

The only issues that I have are the eBay and the Seagate. My preferences are WD and Newegg or Amazon (Prime or fulfilled by Amazon).
 
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You don't need SATA 3 to use with mechanical HDD, it won't be any faster than with SATA2 !!!!
SSD would be another story but even fastest HDD can not saturate SATA 2 interface.
So, don't bother, won't get any improvement at all.
If you want faster disk get an SSD, even at SATA2 speeds it will outstrip any HDD by very wide margin.
 
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Just a heads up, my only seagate 3 TB hdd failed couple days ago. I had 5 internal 3.5" HDD's installed in my pc, 1 seagate and 4 wdd and seagate was the newest of them which failed. (Around 2.5yrs old)
I am sure every one has their own good and bad experiences but my personal experience with Seagate is very bad (this wasn't the first seagate hdd failed). My oldest hdd in my pc is around 7 years old WD Caviar black and its still running smoothly although it can fail now anytime as hdd's over 4 years of age can die at any time, often without warning.
 
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Me too, 2 of mine in last couple of years and few I changed for others, all different sizes and relatively new. Hitachi seems to be most reliable.

 
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Countmike is correct in that you don't need a sata3 card for this or any mechanical drive.

I have tw 3tb seagates that are a few years old now, about four 2tb drive that are 5+ yrs old now. No issue to report with any of them.
In fact the only drive failure I've had in two years are two Samsung F3's. One in my cousins pc (2 yrs ago) and one in mine last yr.
 
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Mechanical HD + SATAIII = waste.

I will pile on, I had two 2TB Seagates (desktop class) die on me after 2.5 years 🙁 That egghead seagate not such a good buy. I recently bought 3 WD RED (NAS class) 4TB for just another $10 extra and it comes with 3 years (vs desktop class 2) warranty. Amazon.
 
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@jsmithepa is that Amazon US ? The price for the newegg is in CAD and it matches the price in USD on Amazon US ..quite a good deal.
I will have backup for that HDD an extended warranty via my Gold Visa card ... that should cover me for 3 years (2y manufacturer +1 visa)
I guess that if it will make it that far it will be stable from that point forward for a while
 
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Is not the actual money to me, and going to CC claim process is not as easy as Amazon return. Am actually thinking if WD is willing to give you a longer warranty, they built the thing to a higher tolerance. I just want it to last.
 
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