- May 8, 2010
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About to put my system together, but I'm not sure which SATA ports to use for:
1. OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 120GB
2. WD 2TB Black HDD
3. 24x DVD Writer
1. OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 120GB
2. WD 2TB Black HDD
3. 24x DVD Writer
That is correct and how i have mine.Plug the SSD into one of the Sata 6GB ports (white/grey I believe). Plug the other 2 into the Sata 3gb ports (light blue). I'm going off pictures since I don't receive my P8Z68 board (non pro version) until later today.
I'm curious. Why would he not plug the WD drives into the SATA 6.0 ports?
Because a traditional spindle based hard-drive will never reach the speeds a SATA III port can provide. They should be kept open for the newest SSD's.
Because a traditional spindle based hard-drive will never reach the speeds a SATA III port can provide. They should be kept open for the newest SSD's.
I've been pondering this for a few weeks also, and thinking that I should move my SATA-III VelociRaptor from the second SATA-III Intel controller-port to an SATA-II port. I chose to deploy ISRT SSD-caching and HDD acceleration. I've been running a Patriot Pyro SSD in this setup connected to the first SATA-III port for about a week now 24/7, and both performance and reliability seem stellar.
But the WD VelociRaptor only has a sustained throughput spec of about 145 MB/s. There should be enough bandwidth with the SATA-II spec to completely accommodate the VR's full performance, don't you think?
Point being -- I'd then have another SATA-III port to use with a second SSD -- either in ISRT mode or as a standalone storage SSD.
that's how i would set it up as well. i think if we ever see traditional hd's hit ~250-300MB/s then you could reconsider.