Sata Port Compatibility

[GianMarco Douglas]

If i have a motherboard with only sata ports at 6Gb/s, do i have to use an hdd with same speed or can i go with 3Gb/s. Is there any advantage if i use 6Gb/s instead of 3Gb/s. Thanks 😛 🙁

 

[digitaldoc]

The newer SATA standard is the faster speed. However, they are all backwards compatible so you can use a faster SATA drive in a slower port, or vice versa.

I have pasted a link to the various SATA standards as a reference for you.

http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii