SATA III on SATA VI

[Xtreme356]

Hello, it's my first post on this website, and I come with the question I've been searching for long time (without effects).
CAN you actually use SATA 3 Drives on SATA 6 Motherboard ?

Cheers, Oliver.

 

[Endless8]

Yes, without a problem, it's just speed difference.

 

[Xtreme356]

Thank you so much

 

[Hlsgsz]

OP, that would be SATA2 3Gbps and SATA3 6Gbps, not sata 3 and 4. Those are speeds, not version numbers.
And yes, like said before they are backwards compatible. Furthermore, mechanichal HDDs are not limited by SATA2 as they are too slow.

 

[FD2Raptor]

I believe you mean SATA2 (i.e. SATA-300) on SATA3 (i.e. SATA-600), and by this, then yes. Later revision of SATA is backward compatible with prior version. The 300/600 refer to their theoretical maximum bandwidth.