What does this mean? Asrock p67 Extreme 4 gen 3

[abablitz]

http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx191/MacClipper2/Asrock/Z68%20E7%20G3/8c08c0be.jpg
Where do I stick my hdd sata cable?

 

[buzznut]

http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx191/MacClipper2/Asrock/Z68%20E7%20G3/8c08c0be.jpg
Where do I stick my hdd sata cable?

It is suggesting that using ports 0-5 will result in better performance with SATA III drives. It doesn't matter, you can stick the cable in any of the ports. For your primary hard drive, I'd use 0 since that is where the BIOS will look for the primary (boot) HD.

 

[abablitz]

Which one is Sata 0?

 

[geekapproved]

I can clearly see 0 and 1 are the two in the middle. lol

 

[abablitz]

Sorry I'm pretty new to this, but is 0 the bottom one or the top?

 

[nikorr]

Sorry I'm pretty new to this, but is 0 the bottom one or the top?

 

[abablitz]

Thanks for the help. Hey guys, where would I stick in the HD audio cable for my I/O? I put in the AC 97, but not sure where the HD audio goes...

 

[nikorr]

 

[ko888]

http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx191/MacClipper2/Asrock/Z68%20E7%20G3/8c08c0be.jpg
Where do I stick my hdd sata cable?

http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx191/MacClipper2/Asrock/Z68 E7 G3/8c08c0be.jpg

Did you notice that all six of those SATA ports are connected to the Intel SATA controller on the Intel P67 Express chipset?

That looks like a picture of the Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 to me not a P67 Extreme4 Gen3.

The four SATA connectors to the right of the sticker are connected to the ASMedia ASM1061 SATA3 controller.

If you really do have a P67 Extreme4 Gen3 then the two SATA connectors to the right of the sticker are connected to the Marvell SE9120 SATA3 controller.

The non-Intel SATA controllers are known to be slower than Intel's SATA controller. The scan for attached SATA devices on the non-Intel SATA controller(s) happens after the scan on the Intel SATA controller hence the reason for the longer boot time.