Asus P8Z68-V Pro which SATA ports to use?

[jaybird1313]

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

 

[texasnightowl]

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.

 

[MTDEW]

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.

That is correct and how i have mine.

I disabled the Marvell controller (navy blue), since i'm not using it. (page 2-23 manual)
my SSD - Grey Intel 6.0Gb/s (page 2-21 manual)
my WD storage drive and DVDRW - Blue Intel 3.0Gb/s (page 2-22 manual)

 

[jaybird1313]

Should the SSD go to the Intel 6GB port (gray) or the Marvel 6GB port (navy blue)?

 

[d4a2n0k]

Intel port, gray.

 

[MTDEW]

Sorry, i edited my post too late.

I disabled the Marvell controller (navy blue), since i'm not using it. (page 2-23 manual)
my SSD - Grey Intel 6.0Gb/s (page 2-21 manual)
my WD storage drive and DVDRW - Blue Intel 3.0Gb/s (page 2-22 manual)

The Intel is faster than the Marvell.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I plugged my SSD in the grey Intel 6.0gb port, everything else in the blue Intel 3.0gb ports.

 

[Ike0069]

I'm curious. Why would he not plug the WD drives into the SATA 6.0 ports?

 

[AlucardX]

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.

 

[Ike0069]

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.

OK. I thought maybe they were stating the Marvel SATA 3 ports should not be used at all.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

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.

 

[AlucardX]

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.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

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.

Hey! thanks for the response. This is one of a few things I still need to do to my new system, and I always look for "a greater consensus." It helps avoid extra and futile work . . .

By the time traditional drives, as you say, reach those speeds, the motherboards will have nothing but SATA-III ports. I speculate such, anyway . . .