is this sata ii or sata iii
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I don't know, I have placed the unit into three computers, one desktop and two laptops. The oldest computer was about three years old. Desktop was just purchased. Here are the specs for the 240GB M500 Crucial:Capacity (Unformatted): 240GBInterface: SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer): 500MB/sSustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer): 250MB/sRandom Read up to (4k transfer): 72,000 IOPSRandom Write up to (4k transfer): 60,000 IOPSForm Factor: 2.5-inch, m-SATA, and M.2NAND: 20nm Micron MLC NNDLife Expectancy: 1.2 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)Endurance: 72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years I don't know, I have placed the unit into three computers, one desktop and two laptops. The oldest computer was about three years old. Desktop was just purchased. Here are the specs for the 240GB M500 Crucial:Capacity (Unformatted): 240GBInterface: SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer): 500MB/sSustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer): 250MB/sRandom Read up to (4k transfer): 72,000 IOPSRandom Write up to (4k transfer): 60,000 IOPSForm Factor: 2.5-inch, m-SATA, and M.2NAND: 20nm Micron MLC... » Read More I don't know, I have placed the unit into three computers, one desktop and two laptops. The oldest computer was about three years old. Desktop was just purchased. Here are the specs for the 240GB M500 Crucial:Capacity (Unformatted): 240GBInterface: SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer): 500MB/sSustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer): 250MB/sRandom Read up to (4k transfer): 72,000 IOPSRandom Write up to (4k transfer): 60,000 IOPSForm Factor: 2.5-inch, m-SATA, and M.2NAND: 20nm Micron MLC NNDLife Expectancy: 1.2 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)Endurance: 72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years « Show Less
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SATA 3. Checkout the review at Tom' Hardware. This is NOT the fastest SSD, but it gets my Server2008r2 up and running in half the time of a WD Enterprise drive.
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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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Both connectors? You mean the data and power connection? If so, then yes they are both SATA style connections.
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As far as I can determine, SATA I, II, and III are all physically the same - and you can plug a SATA III drive into a SATA II plug and it will work - albeit at only SATA II speeds. The documentation for this drive receptacle indicates it can handle SATA III drives... it can also do USB 2.0 and 3.0, for that matter - I am using it on an older iMac which only has USB 2.0 interface ports.Follow this link for more details on SATA compatibility:http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards. Hope this helps
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It should work fine, though I haven't used that brand drive myself. It's the correct type (SATA III).
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Not 100% sure but SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface. This particular device claims a transfer rate up to 480Mbps, leading me to believe its a III
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Everything I have seen suggests 6bps, which is SATA 3. Crucial's website itself says 6bps as well, so I'm pretty sure it's SATA 3. I can say I've loved it since I got it 2 months ago.
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yes it will work on sata 2 & 3 and its backward compatible means it will go back from 3 to 2 . you will like it
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It's SATA, and I believe SATA III (6GB/sec). At very least SATA II (3GB/sec).One thing to note is that if you intend to replace the mechanical drive with a solid state (which you should - makes these things ten times faster), you'll need a 7mm height SSD. 9.5mm won't fit.Ben
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I don't know if it will. My computer is SATA III. Sorry I am not being much help for you!
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This Drive is SATA3, but conforming to SATA3 means that SATA1 and 2 will still function. You just won't get the full performance the drive is capable of. It will plug and play with a SATA2 connection.
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Yes it is. The SATA cable is a common failure on machines with serial numbers ending in 66D, 66E, ATM or ATN.
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all sata 3 drives are compatible with sata 2 interfaces, so yes it should work
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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.
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards.Hope this helps
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As Richard says, it is supposed to work but in my experience it does not even for SATA II. For SATA III, if it worked at all and that is very unlikely, it will be so slow, you might as well write the data by hand.
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SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface, also known as SATA II. In other words, your motherboard will address the drive, but you won't benefit from the increased speed capability of this strong WD hard drive. One solution is to buy a Rosewill RC-227 PCI-Express 2.0 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card. Of course, your motherboard must have a PCI-e x1 slot available. A $19 solution..