What SATA Cable Do I Have?

[arthur.tuwaidan]

I have this old desktop I want to recover, and I want to buy a 250GB 3.5" HDD, and for that I think I need a SATA II cable. But how do I know if the current cable I already own is SATA II? I mean this desktop is more than 10 years old. I saw the cable has an II in it but I'm still not sure...

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/15sdlU05gmJ_lNqwmx92uuGwTltseN1FM
(tomshardware won't insert images from computer)

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Read the "Best solution" post in this this thread:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2925508/sata-cable-work-6gb-motherboard-ssd.html

The only difference in SATA cables is how well made they are, which in turn can affect their ability to perform properly (if it's badly made). So your choice of which cable is simply one of quality - - other than that they are all the same.

That ll printed on your cable most likely means "SATA II", but even if it means something else it will still work.

 

[Karadjgne]

Check the old drive. Many pc's from 10+ years ago were still using IDE, motherboards not yet fully transitioned to Sata.