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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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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

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