Motherboard Capacity of hard drive

[ankitpoddar97]

Hey, i m able to use two 2TB hard disk on my motherboard but i m worried that it may harm my motherboard... can u plz help?

My motherboard model is P8H67 M LE with version Rev X.0x of Asustek

 

[sabertooth23]

Hi there,

According to the asus website you have 2 gray sata ports on your motherboard, you also have 4 blue ones, the blue ones are slower, but are backwards conpatible.

You can just plug in your hard drives in the 2 gray ones (if they are empty) and you can only plug it in one way, so you wont harm the motherboard

If they arent empty you can just put them in the blue ones instead.

I hope i answered your question

 

[ankitpoddar97]

Thankyou for your prompt reply....

i m confused if u r asking to put both the harddrive in gray port or i can put one in blue and another in gray......

what would u do if u had all the ports empty?

i just saw, both of my hard disk are in blue port... is that okay?

 

[ankitpoddar97]

Hi there,

According to the asus website you have 2 gray sata ports on your motherboard, you also have 4 blue ones, the blue ones are slower, but are backwards conpatible.

You can just plug in your hard drives in the 2 gray ones (if they are empty) and you can only plug it in one way, so you wont harm the motherboard

If they arent empty you can just put them in the blue ones instead.




Thankyou for your prompt reply....

i m confused if u r asking to put both the harddrive in gray port or i can put one in blue and another in gray......

what would u do if u had all the ports empty?

i just saw, both of my hard disk are in blue port... is that okay?

 

[sabertooth23]

Thankyou for your prompt reply....

i m confused if u r asking to put both the harddrive in gray port or i can put one in blue and another in gray......

what would u do if u had all the ports empty?

i just saw, both of my hard disk are in blue port... is that okay?

Best is to put in the gray ports, because these are the fastest ones,
its okay to have them in blue too, because the blue ones still let your hard drives run at their full speed.

If you want the knowledge about his:
Gray ports support up to 600MB/s
Blue ports support up to 300MB/s

Normal hard drives run at around 150MB/s

Edit:
Notice;
You can have one in blue and gray aswell !!