automaton Posted April 4, 2012 Posted April 4, 2012 I am using a program called speccy its from ccleaners company piriform it is similar to hw monitor I find all the temp readings close to the bios One thing thats weird is it says my hd is sata3 is there any other hardware way in windows or the bios to validate that I had the machine built and I had presumed the raptor was on sata 6 If i knew more I could look inside but I dont Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 4, 2012 Posted April 4, 2012 Automaton - even though the WD Raptor 450Gb hard drive has a SATAIII interface (6.0 GB/s) it would still need to be connected to a SATAIII controller on your motherboard. What motherboard are you using and what controller is the drive connected to on that motherboard? Unless you have a newer Intel or AMD motherboard, it's likely that you are connected to a SATAII controller, hence the reason that Speccy is reporting that your HDD is SATAII. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball1 Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 Your raptor is fine on sata2 port as it wont reach the speed of a sata3 port anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 What Wev said, but when it comes down to it, SATA 3 would do your platter drive no good anyways (other than raise its price) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 I believe what the program is telling you is correct, sata 3 transfer speed is 6 gbs, which you will not see in speed but that is what it is capable of. As far as I know there is no sata 6 speed yet. just sata 2 and sata 3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatochobit Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 you need to buy an SSD for your main OS drive and use the raptor as a video storage disc or something Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 Just to clarify for everyone.............. Technically there isn't any such thing as Sata 1, Sata 2, Sata 3 or even Sata 6. There is; SATA I = 1.5 Gbit/s (aka Sata Revision 1.0) SATA II = 3.0 Gbit/s (aka Sata Revision 2.0 SATA III = 6.0 Gbit/s (aka Sata Revison 3.0) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 ^ And no mechanical drives need SATA III even if it is mentioned that they are so called SATA 6Gb/sec drive. This fact holds true for WD Raptor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowKing Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Just to clarify for everyone.............. Technically there isn't any such thing as Sata 1, Sata 2, Sata 3 or even Sata 6. There is; SATA I = 1.5 GB/s (aka Sata Revision 1.0) SATA II = 3.0 GB/s (aka Sata Revision 2.0 SATA III = 6.0 GB/s (aka Sata Revison 3.0) further clarification it's Gb not GB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Fixed.............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) further clarification it's Gb not GB I can't wait for the day that we don't need to correct that Edited April 9, 2012 by IVIYTH0S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_TheAlexO Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 further clarification it's Gb not GB sentence fragment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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