Sata III ? I brought this laptop and was wanting to get a solid state hard drive for it. Does anyone know if the r845-s85 supports SATA 6Gbit/s or SATA 3Gbit/s?
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yes its sata III compatible but it can only run at sata II speeds. I instaled a sata III ssd and my read speads are 260mbps but on sata III motherboard it can do about 550mbps, almost double. but I haven't seen a laptop that supports sata III yet, only desktops.
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Thanks for the info, just out of interest how fast does your laptop boot windows 7 with the ssd going at SATA II?
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There is 160. Pay attention to speed... Sata3 SSD doesnt work on some notebooks (In my case a R3 Alienware only Sata2 works)
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I do not think this enclosure supports SATA III, as an Anker representative told me: "The speed is restricted by the chipset as well. This Uspeed enclosure supports up to SATA 2 perfectly but only compatible with SATA 3. While, the one you compared [SIIG SATA 6Gbps to USB 3.0 enclosure] seems to be with updated chipset to compatible with 6Gb/s."FYI, here are some speeds in MB/s, with an Intel 330 120GB SSD:Anker USB 3.0/eSATA enclosure (this enclosure): 176.4/134.2Seagate GoFlex Slim USB 3.0 interface: 250.5/152.5SIIG 6Gb/s SATA to USB 3.0: 257.9/149.6Newer Technology Voyager S3: 396.1/136.4The Anker is the slowest of the bunch. I do not think this enclosure supports SATA III, as an Anker representative told me: "The speed is restricted by the chipset as well. This Uspeed enclosure supports up to SATA 2 perfectly but only compatible with SATA 3. While, the one you compared [SIIG SATA 6Gbps to USB 3.0 enclosure] seems to be with updated chipset to compatible with 6Gb/s."FYI, here are some speeds in MB/s, with an Intel 330 120GB SSD:Anker USB 3.0/eSATA enclosure (this enclosure): 176.4/134.2Seagate GoFlex Slim USB 3.0 interface: 250.5/152.5SIIG 6Gb/s SATA to USB 3.0:... » Read More I do not think this enclosure supports SATA III, as an Anker representative told me: "The speed is restricted by the chipset as well. This Uspeed enclosure supports up to SATA 2 perfectly but only compatible with SATA 3. While, the one you compared [SIIG SATA 6Gbps to USB 3.0 enclosure] seems to be with updated chipset to compatible with 6Gb/s."FYI, here are some speeds in MB/s, with an Intel 330 120GB SSD:Anker USB 3.0/eSATA enclosure (this enclosure): 176.4/134.2Seagate GoFlex Slim USB 3.0 interface: 250.5/152.5SIIG 6Gb/s SATA to USB 3.0: 257.9/149.6Newer Technology Voyager S3: 396.1/136.4The Anker is the slowest of the bunch. « Show Less
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Yes it supports sata3 drives. And it seems to deliver ridiculously fast speeds.
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1- supports sata 3 up to 6Gbps. Backward compatible to sata 2 (3Gbps) and sata1 (1.5Gbps) specification. 2- No! This is an all in one unit. I'm using 2 64GB SSD drivers and set it up in a raid . It speed up your computer 100x better. It almost instantly the changes to the next window. I like this setup and it is in a nice package.
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I installed the SSD in a Dell desktop. You may also want to check your computer for a couple of things that may lower the performance of the SSD. The SSD can accommodate SATA3 or SATA2, but my mother board only had had SATA2, which is slower (3 GB/sec). Also, after installation, the BIOS setup should be used to set the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Mine only has ATA or RAID options. I left it in RAID. Also, TRIM was not supported on my computer (look it up). You can install a SATA3 card on your PCI express slots, but unless these slots are higher than PCIe 2.0, you will still not get full speed on the SSD. For example my PCIe 2.0 would give 4GB/sec (still an improvement over my 3GB SATA2) instead of the maximum 6 GB/sec.
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Yes it will work fine. I like the way it's answered on this page: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19253643.aspx Keep in mind that when the person asking says 3gb drive he means sata 3.
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According to information at Crucial.com and Hardocp.com (http://m.hardocp.com/article/2010/02/20/sata_6gbs_on_your_new_motherboard/#.UvNcini9LCQ) the M500 series are 6g/s (SATA 3.0) and fully 3gb/s (SATA 2.0) compatible.
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You do not need SATA III. The SSD drive will run at the rated speed of the machine it is installed on, which on laptops is SATA. It is still a lot faster than the original hard drives that come with laptops. That is why I also install the Samsung 830 series SSD drives instead of the faster (and more expensive) 840 series drives on my laptops. You will be making a Very good choice of SSD drive for your machine. Hope that helps you.
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Yes, the mSATA SSD is SATA III. Regarding the brand, it could be A-DATA or other 1st tier brand. In MSI website they doesn't release such information.
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I think this indicates the type of SATA interface speed. There's SATA I (1.5GB/s), SATA II (3.0GB/s), and SATA III (6.0GB/s). The higher the SATA interface, the greater the potential bandwidth throughput it can support.
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it supports full Sata III with USB3.0 but 3Gbs with esata cable..... which is what i use. It is very fast and by far the best Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5-Inch hard drive i have ever used bar none !
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it's just a spec:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#SATA_revision_3.0_-_6_Gbit.2Fs_-_600_MB.2Fsread on...
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As I understand it that the maximum speed of the Interface between the computer and the device. Since the device is basically all Solid State electronics, as opposed to a traditional spinning rust HD, the 6gb/sec is actually closed to a true read/write speed than you might imagine. note that that's 6gb ie BITS not BYTES... IE 8 b's per byte plus handshaking overhead but is a still twice that of tradition SATA which is only 3gb/sec max.
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It will work with both and according to Tom's Hardware bench testing you will not notice the difference in speed in normal use between 3 GBps and 6 GBps SATA.
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Ok so there's a few things you need to understand in relation to comparing speeds. First there's no standard read write speeds for hdds my 7200 3tb drive ranges from 72 to 150 MB/s Next plastered drives are hard to compare directly with solid state. Platter drives read faster on the inner tracks compared to the litter tracks. There's also spin - up and spin down time for a platter drive. Now this ssd WILL max out your 3gbs sata2 at about 300 to 380MB/s Of course you look and see oh that's only double. True long read will be about double speed. However, it's those short access small files that'll benefit the most. Ssds have no platter. So no spin speed. They just send as much as the device / interface can handle. They also don't "seek" for data so there's no time loss there. In random reads my ssd is roughly 60x faster over all. But if I'm moving a TB of movies or whatnot. It's not AS remarkably fast but still a 100% better experience.
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Yes. It is comparable with all SATA drives. You just wouldn't be able to take advantage of the speeds of SATA III obviously.